Author: Fredrik Thomasson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004211160
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This intellectual biography of Johan David Åkerblad (1763–1819) presents a new account of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian. Oriental and classical studies and their entwinement in the turbulent politics of this age of Revolutions are presented from a novel perspective.
The Life of J. D. Åkerblad
Author: Fredrik Thomasson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004211160
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This intellectual biography of Johan David Åkerblad (1763–1819) presents a new account of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian. Oriental and classical studies and their entwinement in the turbulent politics of this age of Revolutions are presented from a novel perspective.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004211160
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This intellectual biography of Johan David Åkerblad (1763–1819) presents a new account of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian. Oriental and classical studies and their entwinement in the turbulent politics of this age of Revolutions are presented from a novel perspective.
Egyptomania
Author: Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780236859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Egyptomania takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of strange gods, mysterious magic, secret knowledge, monumental pyramids, enigmatic sphinxes, and immense wealth. Egypt has always exerted a powerful attraction on the Western mind, and an array of figures have been drawn to the idea of Egypt. Even the practical-minded Napoleon dreamed of Egyptian glory and helped open the antique land to explorers. Ronald H. Fritze goes beyond art and architecture to reveal Egyptomania’s impact on religion, philosophy, historical study, literature, travel, science, and popular culture. All those who remain captivated by the ongoing phenomenon of Egyptomania will revel in the mysteries uncovered in this book.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780236859
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Egyptomania takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of strange gods, mysterious magic, secret knowledge, monumental pyramids, enigmatic sphinxes, and immense wealth. Egypt has always exerted a powerful attraction on the Western mind, and an array of figures have been drawn to the idea of Egypt. Even the practical-minded Napoleon dreamed of Egyptian glory and helped open the antique land to explorers. Ronald H. Fritze goes beyond art and architecture to reveal Egyptomania’s impact on religion, philosophy, historical study, literature, travel, science, and popular culture. All those who remain captivated by the ongoing phenomenon of Egyptomania will revel in the mysteries uncovered in this book.
The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year 1885 [i.e. 1887] Inclusive
Author: Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy (son of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt)
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Life of Thomas Young
Author: George Peacock
Publisher: London : J. Murray
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Category : Antiquarians
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. Murray
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Category : Antiquarians
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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United States Naval Medical Bulletin
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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United States naval medical bulletin. v. 12, 1918
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Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Pages : 972
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
A General Index ... from the Commencement of the New Series, in January, 1790, to the End of the Eighty-first Volume Completed in December 1816 ...
Author: Ralph Griffiths
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Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Languages : en
Pages : 984
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser
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Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Pages : 996
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Monthly Review; Or, New Literary Journal
Author: Ralph Griffiths
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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