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A world beneath the sands : the golden age of Egyptology  Cover Image Book Book

A world beneath the sands : the golden age of Egyptology / Toby Wilkinson.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781324006893
  • ISBN: 1324006897
  • Physical Description: xv, 510 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Travellers in an antique land -- Description and decipherment -- In the footsteps of Napoleon -- Englishmen abroad -- The Prussian project -- French foundations -- A thousand miles up the Nile -- A permanent occupation -- Scholars and scoundrels -- Egypt and America -- Imperial ambitions -- Wonderful things -- Epilogue: The future of the past.
Subject: Egyptology > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pease Public Library 932.009 WILKINSON
Gift?: Yes
34598000741408 Non-Fiction Available -


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