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Author Seyler, Dorothy U.

Title The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes / Dorothy U. Seyler.

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  962 SEYLER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  962 SE94    Check Shelf
Description 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
Contents The second son -- College connections: a brave new world! -- London: politics and power -- Time to get away -- Egypt: a gift of the Nile -- The first Egyptologist -- Daring and perseverance: from the Holy Land to Jerash -- Packed for Petra: paint boxes and guns -- Artists set sail: William begins his great second journey up the Nile -- William meets Ramesses II: excavations in Nubia -- Obelisks and king lists: William's discoveries at Philae and Abydos -- The explorer returns -- Fathers and sons -- Final journeys -- Last-and lasting-gifts to the future.
Subject Bankes, William John, 1786-1855.
Egyptologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Egyptology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9781633880368 hardcover
1633880362 hardcover
9781633880375 (ebook)
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