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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2014
      03 October 2013
      ISBN:
      9781107300521
      9781108065108
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300521
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.76kg, 602 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
      Subjects:
      Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology, Egyptology
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
    Subjects:
    Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology, Egyptology
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    A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875) first travelled to Egypt in 1821, the year before Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone. As public interest in Egypt grew, Wilkinson studied and sketched the country's major archaeological sites, most notably the tombs of Thebes. His celebrated Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt (1835) and Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (1837) are also reissued in this series. A remodelled and enlarged version of the former work, this two-volume guide of 1843 not only gives practical advice for the contemporary traveller, but also provides modern readers with a vivid snapshot of Egypt in the middle of the nineteenth century. Volume 2 includes further information and guidance about places to visit, including Mount Sinai, along with a section on the history of Egypt that focuses on the Islamic period but also incorporates chronological tables of rulers from the pharaohs onward.

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