Budge's Egypt: A Classic 19th-Century Travel Guide - Softcover

Budge, E. A. Wallis

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9780486417219: Budge's Egypt: A Classic 19th-Century Travel Guide

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ISBN 10: 0486417212 ISBN 13: 9780486417219

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2001

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Focusing on the monuments on either side of the Nile, the author describes Egyptians, their writing, religion and gods, plus historic locales and objects: Alexandria, Cairo, the Rosetta Stone, the pyramids, the Sphinx; the statue of Rameses II, the temples at Luxor and Karnak, major sites where royal mummies were discovered, and more.

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This tour guide by the great Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge was originally published in the late 19th century by a noted London travel agency (Thomas Cook and Son) to provide its customers with accurate, factual information about one of the world's most ancient and interesting civilizations. Following a brief summary of Egyptian history from 4400 B.C. to 450 B.C., Budge offers expert descriptions of ancient and modern Egyptians, the Nile, Egyptian writing, hieroglyphic signs, the religion and gods of Egypt, and other material. Next comes the heart of the book detailed descriptions of historic sites, locales, and objects, among them Cleopatra's Needle, the Rosetta Stone, tombs of the Khalifs, the pyramids of Gizeb, the Sphinx, the statue of Rameses II, the temples at Luxor and Karnak sites at which royal mummies were discovered, and Suez and the Suez Canal. Still of value as an informative guide for visitors, this book's wealth of expert information and insight will also appeal to students of Egyptology and any admirer of the ancient civilization that once fluorished along the Nile.

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