Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt - From Abydos to the Sudan Frontier

Klappentext This 1910 guide describes the less frequented sites of Upper Egypt, descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border. Zusammenfassung In this 1910 guide, writing 'from careful and prolonged personal observation and thought', Arthur Weigall (1880–1934) describes the less frequented ancient sites of Upper Egypt, beginning north of Thebes and descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border, and including Elephantine, Philae and Abu Simbel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Abydos; 2. Hou and Kasr es Sayad; 3. Koptos etc.; 4. Thebes; 5. The temple of Luxor; 6. The temples of Karnak; 7. Mortuary chapels of the nobles; 8. The tombs of the kings; 9. The mortuary temples of the kings of dynasties XVIII to XX; 10. The two mortuary temples of Der el Bahri; 11. Der el Medineh; 12. From Thebes to Esneh; 13. The history of El Kab; 14. The temple of Edfu; 15. The cemeteries at Edfu; 16. Gebel Silsileh; 17. The temple of Kom Ombo; 18. The history of Aswan and Elephantine; 19. The temple of Aswan; 20. The tombs of the princes of Elephantine; 21. The history of lower Nubia; 22. From Sehel to Philae; 23. From Philae to Kalabsheh; 24. From Kalabsheh to Maharaka; 25. From Maharaka to Kasr Ibrim; 26. Kasr Ibrim; Index.

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• Autori: Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall, Weigall Arthur E. P. Brome
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781108082969
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08296-9
• Pagine: 624
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology