Pioneer to the Past - The Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist

James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and archaeologist, founded the Oriental Institute in 1919. The Institute embodies Breasted's vision of an inter-disciplinary research centre uniting archaeology, textual studies and art history. Reprint with new foreword and photographs, now available in paperback for the first time.

Summary

James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and archaeologist, founded the Oriental Institute in 1919. The Institute embodies Breasted's vision of an inter-disciplinary research centre uniting archaeology, textual studies and art history. Reprint with new foreword and photographs, now available in paperback for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Breasted
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781614910534
• ISBN: 978-1-61491-053-4
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 784 g
• Illustrations: 14-page black & white plate section
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity