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Arts and Crafts of the Ancient Egyptians, Nubians, and Ethiopians
Andrew (E Bednarski
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Description for Arts and Crafts of the Ancient Egyptians, Nubians, and Ethiopians
Hardcover. Translator(s): Bednarski, Andrew. Num Pages: 315 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1716.
The travel accounts, drawings, and collections of Fr d ric Cailliaud were an important early contribution to the birth of the new scientific discipline of Egyptology in the first half of the nineteenth century. But one of his major works--on the arts and crafts of ancient Egypt--was never published. For the first time here, his exquisite color plates are presented alongside a translation of his original French text describing them. Explanatory material by Andrew Bednarski and other scholars puts the work in context. Arriving in Egypt in 1815, Cailliaud embarked upon a series of explorations that included the rediscovery of ... Read more
The travel accounts, drawings, and collections of Fr d ric Cailliaud were an important early contribution to the birth of the new scientific discipline of Egyptology in the first half of the nineteenth century. But one of his major works--on the arts and crafts of ancient Egypt--was never published. For the first time here, his exquisite color plates are presented alongside a translation of his original French text describing them. Explanatory material by Andrew Bednarski and other scholars puts the work in context. Arriving in Egypt in 1815, Cailliaud embarked upon a series of explorations that included the rediscovery of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774166167
SKU
V9789774166167
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About Andrew (E Bednarski
Andrew Bednarski is assistant to the director of special projects at the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). He has extensive excavation experience and has published broadly on ancient Egypt. His personal research combines the study of Egyptology with the history of science. Frederic Cailliaud (1787-1869) was a French naturalist and mineralogist, and curator of the museum ... Read more
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