Egypt Through the Eyes of Travellers (ASTENE PUBLICATIONS) [Paperback]

Nadia El Kholy (Editor), Paul Starkey (Editor)

Book Description

Series: ASTENE PUBLICATIONS | Publication Date: January 1, 2002

The 18th and 19th Century European fascination with Egypt is the theme of this volume of papers. Contents: A public pageant in 1806: Lord Valentia visits Egypt (Deborah Manley); Berths under the Highest Stars: Henry William Beechey in Egypt 1816-1819 (Patricia Usick); Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt (Loubna Youssef); Preparing to be an Egyptologist: Amelia Edwards before 1873 (Joan Rees); Rameses III, Giovanni Belzoni and the Mysterious Reverend Browne (Penelope Wilson); A House, a museum and a legend: Bait al-Kretliya (The Gayer-Anderson Mummy) (Iain Gordon Brown); Silent travellers, articulate mummies: 'Mummy Pettigrew' and the Discourse of the Dead (Sahar Sobhi Abdel-Hakim); Les detours fictionnels du recit de voyage: Le Nil, Egypte et Nubie de Maxime du Camp (Veronique Magri-Mourges).

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0953970027
• ISBN-13: 978-0953970025
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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