A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards

A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards

A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia B. Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology forever. Her travelogue, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, would inspire generations to take up her message to support Egyptian cultural heritage. While the way this is done has changed a lot since Amelia's time, her legacy remains strong.

“The new edition includes an introduction by the director of the EES and the curator of the Petrie Museum at UCL, clearly a labour of love for the two organisations[It] provides useful background information on Edwards’s journey up the Nile.” Times Literary Supplement

Amelia B Edwards (1831-92) is an enigmatic character of the Victorian period. She was highly skilled as a novelist, musician and artist, but her life took an unexpected turn when she visited Egypt in 1873. For the remainder of her life she campaigned for the exploration of Egyptian sites and monuments, and for them to be recorded for future generations. Her journey in Egypt was published as a travelogue, A Thousand Miles up the Nile, and generated interest in Egyptian heritage among the British public. She founded the Egyptian Exploration Society and endowed the first professorship for Egyptology in England. Today, her legacy is controversial. While she is respected as a pioneer of British Egyptology, she is also criticised for her support in distributing Egyptian artefacts out of Egypt, and for the orientalising and racist language used in her narratives.

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ISBN 13	9780856982514
ISBN 10	0856982512
Titel	A Thousand Miles up the Nile
Autor	Amelia B Edwards
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Egypt Exploration Society
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-12-05
Seitenanzahl	666
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.