| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction / Neil Cooke -- Sir John Young, High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands, and his private letter book, 1856-57 / Sonia P. Anderson -- Edward Lear in Gozo, March 1868 / Joseph Attard Tabone -- The travels of G. A. Wallin and his views on Western influence in the Middle East / Patricia Berg -- The relative contributions of William John Bankes and Charles Barry to the early plans of Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan) : evidence from the Bankes and Barry archives / Don Boyer -- John-Jacques Rifaud's lithographs : his drawings of Egyptian archaeology, natural history, manners and customs / Marie-Cécile Bruwier -- Travelling companions : Mohammed Ashgar (also known as John Bedair), 1815-74 / Neil Cooke -- The innovative antiquarian : Alexander Henry Rhind's excavations in Egypt and his collection in the National Museums Scotland / Ross Irving and Margaret Maitland -- From the Kremlin's walls to the foot of the pyramids : early Muscovite travellers in Egypt / Maksim Lebedev -- Hieroglyphs from the north : Newcastle's early travellers in Egypt and their correspondence with Jean-François Champollion / Margaret Maitland -- Amalia Sola Nizzoli (1805-45/49), archaeologist ante litteram in Egypt and the origins of the third Nizzoli collection / Daniela Picchi -- Artists and painters in the "German house" at Thebes, 1905-15 / Daniel Polz -- Raymond O'Shea and the Sand Kings of Oman as a source for Trucial Coast history / Nicholas Stanley-Price -- Did the elephants ever forget? / Peta Rée -- The admiral's daughter / John Thompson -- A Swiss Egyptologist on Her Majesty's service : Edouard Naville (1844-1926) in the Delta / Hélène Virenque -- Ulrich Jasper Stetzen / Carsten Walbiner -- Every traveller needs a compass / Ronald E. Zitterkopf |
| Notes |
"Collection of papers from the ASTENE Conference held at Aston University, Birmingham, over the weekend of 12-15 July 2013"--Introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Travelers -- Egypt -- Congresses
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Travelers -- Middle East -- Congresses
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Travelers' writings, European -- Congresses
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TRAVEL -- Africa -- General.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt.
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Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting
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Travel
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Travelers
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Travelers' writings, European
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Description and travel -- Congresses
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Middle East -- Description and travel -- Congresses
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Egypt -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- Congresses
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Middle East -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Egypt
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Europe
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Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooke, Neil, 1947- editor.
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Daubney, Vanessa, editor
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| LC no. |
2015020260 |
| ISBN |
9781785701009 |
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1785701002 |
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9781785701016 |
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1785701010 |
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9781785701023 |
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1785701029 |
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