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The Discovery of Egypt

by Fernand Emile Beaucour
Additional authors: Yves Laissus | Yves Laissus | Bambi Ballard ; Translator
Published by : Flammarion (France) , 1990, , Illustrator: ill., map Physical details: 271 pages, 32 cm. ISBN:2-08-013506-6; 978-2-08-013506-3.
Subject(s): General
Language(s): English
Year: 1990
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GD54 History, Geography and Archaeology التاريخ والجغرافيا والآثار Available 46424

Foreword / Lise Manniche -- The Military Enterprise / Fernand Beaucour. The Invasion. Egypt under Bonaparte. The End of the Adventure -- The Scholars in Egypt / Yves Laissus. The Creation of the Commission for Arts and Sciences. The Egyptian Institute and the Scholars' Life in Cairo. Conte's Machine Shop and the Printing Press. The Scholars' Travels and Fieldwork. A Reversal of Fortunes -- The Archaeological Conquest / Chantal Orgogozo. The First Archaeologists. Denon and the Exploration of Upper Egypt. The Early Publications. The description de l'Egypte -- The Birth of Egyptology / Chantal Orgogozo and Genevieve Sabron. The Egyptian Revival. Egypt and the Arts in the 1830s. The Scramble for Antiquities. The Key to the Hieroglyphs. Champollion's Successors.

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