Operations Carried on At the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: Volume 1 - With an Account of a Voyage Into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix

This influential three-volume work, published 1840-2, narrates the excavations at Giza carried out by a British officer and Egyptologist.

List of contents

Preface; 1. First arrival at Cairo; 2. State of the pyramids at Gizeh; 3. Return from Syria to Alexandria; 4. Second arrival at Cairo; 5. M. Caviglia's arrival at Cairo; 6. Voyage into Upper Egypt; 7. Arrival at Thebes; 8. Es Souan; 9. Temple of Sabooa; 10. Temple of Amada; 11. Wady Halfa; 12. Faras; 13. Ferradj; 14. Abou Simbel; 15. Tosko; 16. Ibrim; 17. Derr; 18. Dakke; 19. Gerf Hossein; 20. Dandoor; 21. Kalabshee; 22. Wady Taffa; 23. Gertassee; 24. Debode; 25. Philae; 26. Koum Ombos; 27. Hadjar Silsilis; 28. Edfou; 29. Eilithias; 30. Esneh; 31. El Hallam; 32. Gebelein; 33. Ermont; 34. Thebes; 35. Dendera; 36. Quasr-e-Syad; 37. How; 38. Abydos; 39. Eckmim; 40. Shendowee; 41. Gow-el-Kebeer; 42. E-Siout; 43. El Karib; 44. Tel-el-Amarna; 45. Reramoun; 46. Sheik Abadeh; 47. Beni Hassan; 48. Minyeh; 49. Dewadee; 50. Tehneh; 51. Deir-el-Adra; 52. Kom Achmar; 53. Benisouef; 54. The Faiyoum; 55. Gizeh: the pyramids.

Summary

This influential three-volume work, published 1840–2, narrates in detail, with illustrations, important excavations on the pyramids at Giza, as carried out by Richard William Howard Vyse (1784–53). Volume 1 (1840) covers the start of his travels in Egypt and the early excavations on the Great Pyramid.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Vyse, Vyse Howard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2014
• EAN: 9781108075664
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07566-4
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology