Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Peninsula of Sinai - In Years 1842 1845, During Mission Sent Out By His Majesty Frederick

Klappentext An 1852 English translation of reports written by Carl Richard Lepsius during his expedition to Egypt in 1842-1845. Zusammenfassung Dr Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884) was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist. In 1842 he was appointed to lead an archaeological expedition to Egypt and Sudan to record ancient monuments. This translation, first published in 1852, contains 40 reports written by Lepsius during the three years the expedition spent in Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. On board the Oriental steamer; 2. Alexandria; 3. Cairo; 4. At the foot of the Great Pyramid; 5. Pyramids of Gizah; 6. Pyramids of Gizah; 7. Saqara; 8. Saqara; 9. Cairo; 10. Ruins of the Labyrinth; 11. Labyrinth; 12. Labyrinth; 13. Cairo; 14. Thebes; 15. Korusko; 16. Korusko; 17. E'Damer; 18. On the Blue River, Province of Sennar; 19. Chartum; 20. Pyramids of Meroe; 21. Keli; 22. Barkal; 23. Mount Barkal; 24. Dongola; 25. Dongola; 26. Korusko; 27. Philae; 28. Thebes; 29. Thebes; 30. Thebes; 31. On the Red Sea; 32. Convent of Sinai; 33. On the Red Sea; 34. Thebes, Karnak; 35. Cairo; 36. Cairo; 37. Jaffa; 38. Nazareth; 39. Smyrna; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: Carl Richard Lepsius, Richard Lepsius
• Assisted by: Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie (Editor), Mackenzie Kenneth R. H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2010
• EAN: 9781108017114
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01711-4
• No. of pages: 482
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Sub-Saharan Africa