Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle /

Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / / Jason Thompson.

Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observatio...

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Thompson, Jason,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1992
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (326 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction & Map
  • 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist
  • 2. The Origins of Egyptology
  • 3. Egypt
  • 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert
  • 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic
  • 6. British Colleagues in Egypt
  • 7. Life among the Tombs
  • 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life"
  • 9. England Again
  • 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
  • 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson
  • 12. A Gentleman Scholar
  • 13. Brynfield
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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