Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 3 Volume Set
With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix
Published on 11. December 2014
Book
1090 pages
978-1-108-07569-5 (ISBN)
Description
An army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse (1784-53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume work, published in 1840-2, has remained an instructive resource in Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal, with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids. Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813-69). Vyse gives observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing 'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Of related interest, Flinders Petrie's The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh (1883) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
115 Plates, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 58 mm
Weight
1890 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-07569-5 (9781108075695)
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Content
Volume 1: Preface; 1. First arrival at Cairo; 2. State of the pyramids at Gizeh; 3. Return from Syria to Alexandria; 4. Second arrival at Cairo; 5. M. Caviglia's arrival at Cairo; 6. Voyage into Upper Egypt; 7. Arrival at Thebes; 8. Es Souan; 9. Temple of Sabooa; 10. Temple of Amada; 11. Wady Halfa; 12. Faras; 13. Ferradj; 14. Abou Simbel; 15. Tosko; 16. Ibrim; 17. Derr; 18. Dakke; 19. Gerf Hossein; 20. Dandoor; 21. Kalabshee; 22. Wady Taffa; 23. Gertassee; 24. Debode; 25. Philae; 26. Koum Ombos; 27. Hadjar Silsilis; 28. Edfou; 29. Eilithias; 30. Esneh; 31. El Hallam; 32. Gebelein; 33. Ermont; 34. Thebes; 35. Dendera; 36. Quasr-e-Syad; 37. How; 38. Abydos; 39. Eckmim; 40. Shendowee; 41. Gow-el-Kebeer; 42. E-Siout; 43. El Karib; 44. Tel-el-Amarna; 45. Reramoun; 46. Sheik Abadeh; 47. Beni Hassan; 48. Minyeh; 49. Dewadee; 50. Tehneh; 51. Deir-el-Adra; 52. Kom Achmar; 53. Benisouef; 54. The Faiyoum; 55. Gizeh: the pyramids. Volume 2: The pyramids of Gizeh (cont.); Appendix. Volume 3: Preface; 1. Remarks upon the map; 2. Pyramid of Abou Roash; 3. Pyramids of Abouseir; 4. Pyramids of Saccara; 5. Pyramids of Dashoor; 6. Pyramids of Lisht; 7. Pyramid of Meydoom; 8. Pyramid of Illahoon; 9. Pyramid of Howara; 10. Pyramids of Biahhmoo; 11. The Birket Kharron; 12. Pyramid of El Koofa; 13. The mummy pits at Saccara; 14. Discoveries at Tourah; 15. Remarks on the measures by which the pyramids were built; 16. The Sphinx; 17. Remarks on the Egyptian army; 18. Horses in Egypt and Syria.