A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards
Travelling by dahabiah, a well-appointed sailing craft peculiar to the Nile, and armed with sketch-book and measuring tape, Amelia Edwards carefully recorded all she saw of the temples, graves, and monuments - even discovering a buried chapel of her own- and provided in A Thousand Miles Up The Nile the first general archaeological survey of Egypt's ruins. The book is full of historical footnotes and careful details. Amelia Edwards was responsible for founding the first chair in Egyptology (a science she helped create) at University College London, and was behind the appointment of Sir Flinders Petrie. She established herself as one of the authorities on the subject of Ancient Egypt and her book A Thousand Miles Up the Nile has remained one of the most inspiring travel books in the subject.-
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“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 |
| Title | A Thousand Miles up the Nile |
| Author | Amelia B Edwards |
| Series | Occasional Papers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Egypt Exploration Society |
| Year published | 2022-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 666 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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