The obelisk and the Englishman
Subtitle: the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes
By: Dorothy U. Seyler
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781633880368
Subjects: Egyptologists; Egyptology; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: The second son; title: College connections: a brave new world!; title: London: politics and power; title: Time to get away; title: Egypt : a gift of the Nile; title: The first Egyptologist; title: Daring and perseverance: from the Holy Land to Jerash; title: Packed for Petra : paint boxes and guns; title: Artists set sail : William begins his great second journey up the Nile; title: William meets Rameses II : excavations in Nubia; title: Obelisks and king lists : William's discoveries at Philae and Abydos; title: The explorer returns; title: Fathers and sons; title: Final journeys; title: Last-and lasting-gifts to the future.