Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) - Softcover

Vyse, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108075673 ISBN 13: 9781108075671

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

An army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse (1784–53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume work, published in 1840–2, has remained an instructive resource in Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal, with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids. Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813–69). Vyse gives observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing 'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Volume 2 (1840) contains detailed descriptions of the excavation of several pyramids and their contents, and appendices with extensive measurements.

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Book Description

This influential three-volume work, published 1840–2, narrates in detail, with illustrations, important excavations on the pyramids at Giza, as carried out by Richard William Howard Vyse (1784–53). Volume 2 (1840) contains detailed descriptions of the excavation of several pyramids and their contents, and appendices with extensive measurements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108075673
• ISBN 13: 9781108075671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440