Author: Wortham, John David
Title: The Genesis of British Egyptology 1549-1906
Description: Norman [Oklahoma], Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1971). orig. boards, dustwrapper.. xv,171,(16)pp, 22x14cm,. 16pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. Light binding stains. VG. ¶ Contents: Egyptology during the Renaissance; English Travellers in Egypt During the Renaissance; Travellers in Egypt during the 18th Century; Egyptology in the Age of Reason; The Dawning of the Great Age: British Soldiers & Explorers in Egypt; The Era of the First Professional Egyptologists; Pyramid Explorers, Pyramidiots & Some Obelisks; Egyptian Archaeology at Mid-Century; Egyptological Studies & Egyptomania in the 19 th Century; The Egypt Exploration Fund; Sir Flinders Petrie & the Development of Scientific Excavation.

Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Egyptology, Great Britain, British Travellers, Egyptian Archeology, , ,