SIGNS & WONDERS UPON PHARAOH : A History of American Egyptology
by Wilson, John A
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Chicago, IL: Univ of Chicago, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Mustard linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped w/trace edge wear. History of American participation in the archaeological explorations of Ancient Egypt --- an in depth study of the careers of Egyptologists George A. Reisner (1867 - 1952) of Harvard, James A. Breasted (1865 - 1935) of Chicago, and, Herbert E. Winlock (1884 - 1950) of the Metropolitan Museum. Contents are: 1, Change & Decay; 2, The Dawn (1798 - 1822); 3, Depotism & Destruction (1806 - 54); 4, Extravaganza (1854 - 82); 5, Cromer & Maspero (1880 - 1908); 6, The Houseboat on the Nile (1880 - 1908); 7, James Henry Breated & the Rescue of Texts; 8, George Andrew Reisner & the Full Record; 9, Tut-Amkh-Amon & Independent Egypt; and, 10, Herbert E. Winlock: The Pieces Fall into Place. Fine copy.
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- Title
- SIGNS & WONDERS UPON PHARAOH : A History of American Egyptology
- Author
- Wilson, John A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Univ of Chicago
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- History/Archeology/Egypt
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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