Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 1: From Antiquity to 1881

Author: Jason Thompson (Bates College, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 376 A comprehensive history of the study and understanding of ancient Egypt, filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity, the first of three-volumes--new in paperback The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today,...Read more