Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh : a history of American Egyptology / John A. Wilson.

Main entry:

Wilson, John A. (John Albert), 1899-1976, author.

Title & Author:

Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh : a history of American Egyptology / John A. Wilson.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1964.
©1964.

Description:

xxv, 243 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212).
Change and decay -- The Dawn (1798-1822) -- Despotism and destruction (1806-54) -- Extravaganza (1854-82) -- Cromer and Maspero (1880-1908) -- The houseboat on the Nile (1880-1908) -- James Henry Breasted and the rescue of texts -- George Andrew Reisner and the full record -- Tut-Ank-Amon and independent Egypt -- Herbert E. Winlock : The pieces fall into place.

Summary:

Discusses the history of archaeology in Egypt, including the early exploration, the copyists, collectors, and translators, as well as the work of individuals such as Napoleon, John Ledyard, Jean Francois Champollion, Mohammed Ali, Giovanni Belzoni, George Gliddon, Ismail (and the Suez Canal), Auguste Mariette, Alexander H. Rhind, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Edwin Smith, Sir Evelyn Baring (Lord Cromer), Gaston Maspero, Amelia B. Edwards, Sir Flinders Petrie, Arthur Evans, Rev. Archibald H. Sayce, Charles E. Wilbour, Theodore M. Davis, James Henry Breasted, George Andrew Reisner, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvo.

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Subject:

Egyptology.
Égyptologie.
Ägyptologie
Egyptology Study and teaching United States.
Egyptologists United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Signs and wonders upon Pharaoh

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46813
Call No.: PO2308; ID:89-B6100
Status: Available

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