| A Wayfarer in Egypt Contributor(s): Quibell, Annie Abernethie Pirie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108081959 ISBN-13: 9781108081955 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.72 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Egyptologist Annie Quibell, n e Pirie (1862-1927), originally trained as an artist, but became a student of Sir Flinders Petrie, copying wall-paintings and inscriptions at his Saqqara excavations, where she met her husband, who was an inspector for the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Accompanying him and sharing in his work on site, she was keen to popularise the marvels of ancient Egyptian civilisation, recreating life-sized Egyptian rooms for a display at the St Louis World's Fair in 1904, and writing several works for the lay reader. This book, published in 1925, is intended to 'point out to other sojourners and travellers some things about Egypt, which, after long residence there, seem to me important'. As well as discussing the famous archaeological sites, Quibell describes Port Said (the entrance to the Suez Canal), and the Nile delta, the Coptic church and its long history, and an expedition into the desert. |