The Monuments of Ancient Egypt
Title | The Monuments of Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Millions of tourists visit the ancient Egyptian sites annually and are inspired by the ruins. Yet it is impossible for them to photograph the ruins adequately: the sites are overrun with tourists, photography is forbidden in various locations and amateur cameras cannot correct the perspectives of the monuments. Meanwhile no book currently exists of professional-quality photographs specifically portraying the monuments.
The Monuments of Egypt
Title | The Monuments of Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Dieter Arnold |
Publisher | I. B. Tauris |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Architecture |
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With more than 600 entries and 350 plans, diagrams and photographs and maps, this guide provides a comprehensive introduction to ancient Egyptian monuments that is an essential companion for every visitor to the ancient sites along the Nile.
The Monuments of Egypt
Title | The Monuments of Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Lister Hawks |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 1850 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN |
The Monuments of Egypt and Nubia
Title | The Monuments of Egypt and Nubia PDF eBook |
Author | ippolito rosellini |
Publisher | American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art, Egyptian |
ISBN | 9774247892 |
Following the Napoleonic military campaign in Egypt (1798-1801), Europe rediscovered the ancient Egyptian civilization, and later expeditions deepened and amplified knowledge of the country's archaeological monuments, giving birth to a new science, Egyptology, which is still very active. In 1828, Charles X of France and Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany financed the first international scientific expedition to Egypt, the aim of which was to explore the historic monuments of the country. Unlike the Napoleonic Commission, the Franco-Tuscan expedition was able to take advantage of the understanding of hieroglyphic script and therefore examine the antiquities more systematically. The leaders of the expedition were Jean-François Champollion, the man who deciphered the hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone, and Ippolito Rosellini. Born in Pisa in 1800, Rosellini was noted for his study of the monuments, deciphering of the hieroglyphs and, above all, for his contribution to science in the form of his illustrated work, The Monuments of Egypt and Nubia. This volume recounts the era of early Egyptology at the start of the nineteenth century, and presents the most beautiful plates from Rosellini's original work made following the long expedition.
Ancient History from the Monuments
Title | Ancient History from the Monuments PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Birch |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 204 |
Release | 1870 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Egyptian Revival
Title | The Egyptian Revival PDF eBook |
Author | Richard G. Carrott |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 1978-01-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780520033245 |
Monuments of Egypt
Title | Monuments of Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Coulston Gillispie |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 525 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780910413213 |