Author: Edward Daniel Clarke
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land (pt. 2, section 1.)
Author: Edward Daniel Clarke
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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A Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books, ancient and modern, for 1831. On sale ... by R. Baldock, etc. (Catalogue of Old Books for 1832, being a supplement to the general catalogue of 1831.-Supplementary Catalogue for 1834.).
Author: Robert BALDOCK
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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A Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books, ancient and modern, for 1837-8, on sale ... by R. Baldock
Author: Robert BALDOCK
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Discovery at Rosetta
Author: Jonathan Downs
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617979694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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“A real-life story of intrigue, sacrifice and distrust in a country at war—the first complete account of the stone itself.”—Ancient Egypt In 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants—scientists, engineers, and artists—his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was the Rosetta Stone, key to the two-thousand-year mystery of hieroglyphs, and to Egypt itself. Two years later, French forces retreated before the English and Ottoman armies, but would not give up the stone. Caught between the opposing generals at the siege of Alexandria, British special agents went in to find the Rosetta Stone, rescue the French savants, and secure a fragile peace treaty. Discovery at Rosetta uses French, Egyptian, and English eyewitness accounts to tell the complete story of the discovery, decipherment, and capture of the Rosetta Stone, investigating the rivalries and politics of the time, and the fate of the stone today.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617979694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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“A real-life story of intrigue, sacrifice and distrust in a country at war—the first complete account of the stone itself.”—Ancient Egypt In 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants—scientists, engineers, and artists—his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was the Rosetta Stone, key to the two-thousand-year mystery of hieroglyphs, and to Egypt itself. Two years later, French forces retreated before the English and Ottoman armies, but would not give up the stone. Caught between the opposing generals at the siege of Alexandria, British special agents went in to find the Rosetta Stone, rescue the French savants, and secure a fragile peace treaty. Discovery at Rosetta uses French, Egyptian, and English eyewitness accounts to tell the complete story of the discovery, decipherment, and capture of the Rosetta Stone, investigating the rivalries and politics of the time, and the fate of the stone today.
London Encyclopædia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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The Parthenon Marbles and International Law
Author: Catharine Titi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303126357X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Parthenon marbles case is the most famous international cultural heritage dispute concerning repatriation of looted antiquities, the Parthenon marbles in the British Museum’s ‘Elgin Collection’. The case has polarised observers ever since Elgin had the marbles hacked out of the ancient temple at the turn of the 19th century in Ottoman-occupied Athens. In 1816, a debt-stricken Elgin sold the marbles to the British government, which subsequently entrusted them to the British Museum, where they have remained since then. Much ink has been spilled on the Parthenon marbles. The ethical and cultural merits of their repatriation have been fiercely debated for years. But what has generally not been considered are the legal merits of their return in light of contemporary international law. This book is the first in legal scholarship to provide an international law perspective of the cause célèbre of international cultural heritage disputes and, in doing so, to clarify the new customary international law on the return of cultural property unlawfully removed from its original context. The book, which includes a foreword by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, is a unique reference work on the legal case for the return of the Parthenon marbles and the new normative framework for the protection of cultural heritage.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303126357X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Parthenon marbles case is the most famous international cultural heritage dispute concerning repatriation of looted antiquities, the Parthenon marbles in the British Museum’s ‘Elgin Collection’. The case has polarised observers ever since Elgin had the marbles hacked out of the ancient temple at the turn of the 19th century in Ottoman-occupied Athens. In 1816, a debt-stricken Elgin sold the marbles to the British government, which subsequently entrusted them to the British Museum, where they have remained since then. Much ink has been spilled on the Parthenon marbles. The ethical and cultural merits of their repatriation have been fiercely debated for years. But what has generally not been considered are the legal merits of their return in light of contemporary international law. This book is the first in legal scholarship to provide an international law perspective of the cause célèbre of international cultural heritage disputes and, in doing so, to clarify the new customary international law on the return of cultural property unlawfully removed from its original context. The book, which includes a foreword by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, is a unique reference work on the legal case for the return of the Parthenon marbles and the new normative framework for the protection of cultural heritage.
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Catalogue of the ... Central Lending Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Languages : en
Pages : 608
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A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Lower Hall of the Central Department
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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