Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix - Couverture souple

Vyse, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108075681 ISBN 13 : 9781108075688

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This influential three-volume work, published 1840–2, narrates the excavations at Giza carried out by a British officer and Egyptologist.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 3 (1842) describes the work continued by Perring on various pyramids, and on the mummy pits at Saqqara.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108075681
• ISBN 13: 9781108075688
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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