
Pyramids and Progress
Sketches from Egypt
John Ward(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 21. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-108-08198-6 (ISBN)
Description
This highly illustrated 1900 work on Egypt old and new by John Ward (1832-1912) seeks to guide the visitor to the ancient sites while also remarking on the radical changes to the economy and the development of the modern state since the intervention of the British government in 1883 and the appointment of Lord Cromer as consul-general and effective ruler. This blending of ancient and modern can be seen in discussions of Port Said ('not an Egyptian town at all') alongside the abandoned and silted-up delta ports of the Egyptians, Ptolemies and Ottomans. Thebes is discussed both as a city of the living and a city of the dead, and Ward notes approvingly the flattening of the ancient town of Assouan (Aswan), to form the foundations for new public buildings, on the orders of Lord Kitchener. Ward's subsequent book, Our Sudan (1905), is also reissued in this series.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps; 320 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-08198-6 (9781108081986)
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John Ward is a horror author from Norton, Ohio. He currently lives in Canton, Ohio with his best friend - his dog, Bo. John is at his happiest when he is planning out and writing his chilling tales and allowing his imagination to run wild. In John's free time, he enjoys reading horror books, watching horror movies, nature walks, and investigating the paranormal. John loves being able to bring the scares in the pages he writes, and is striving to bring his work in front of more readers as he grows!
Content
Author's preface; Introduction; 1. The doorways of Egypt; 2. Cairo, the caravanserai of the world; 3. The great pyramid-platform; 4. The further pyramid-platform; 5. The oasis of roses; 6. The ancient city of Annu, or On; 7. A reformer of ancient days; 8. The tablet of Abydos; 9. The last Egyptian princess; 10. The city of the living; 11. The city of the dead; 12. A voyage on the Nile in a felucca; 13. The doomed island of Philae; 14. Assouan under Lord Kitchener; 15. A trip on the Nile through Nubia; 16. Water for the thirsty land; Index.