Belzoni
Subtitle: the giant archaeologists love to hate
By: Ivor Noel Hume
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780813931401
Subjects: Egyptologists; Description and travel; Archaeologists; Travel; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Sampson and Sarah; title: Mohammed's man in Malta; title: Enter the consul-general; title: Moving Memnon; title: The devil made them do it; title: Staff problems at Abu Simbel; title: A present from Philae; title: Messing with mummies; title: Return to Abu Simbel; title: The great discovery; title: Enduring achievements; title: Confrontation in the consulate; title: Over the mountains and through the passes; title: Philae and the grand engagement; title: Bingham Richards and the "Christie-sort of list"; title: Hard times; title: Saving Sarah; title: Significant others; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary.