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

Title Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh; a history of American Egyptology [by] John A. Wilson.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press [1964]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  913.32 W69S    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 243 pages : illustrations portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [197]-212.
Contents 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.
Subject Egyptology.
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