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1 online resource |
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"Collection of papers from the ASTENE Conference held at Aston University, Birmingham, over the weekend of 12-15 July 2013"--Introduction. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 -- Travels of G.A. Wallin and his views on Western influence in the Middle East / Patricia Berg -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Travelers -- Egypt -- Congresses.
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Travelers. |
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Egypt. |
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Travelers -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Middle East. |
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Travelers' writings, European -- Congresses.
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Travelers' writings, European. |
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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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Antiquities. |
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Collectors and collecting. |
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Europe. |
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Middle East -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Cooke, Neil, 1947- editor.
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Daubney, Vanessa, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East. Conference (2013 : Birmingham, England). Every traveller needs a compass. Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2015 9781785700996 (DLC) 2015019242 |
| ISBN |
9781785701009 (electronic book) |
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1785701002 (electronic book) |
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9781785701023 (electronic book) |
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1785701029 (electronic book) |
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9781785701016 |
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1785701010 |
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9781785700996 |
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