Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Egypt: Upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the second cataract and the western cases
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Egypt: Upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the second cataract and the western oases
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Second Cataract Fortress of Dorginarti
Author: Lisa A HeidornPublisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
ISBN: 1614910871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The best-known sites along the length of the Nile River's Second Cataract are the ruins of Egyptian towns and fortresses occupied during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. One of the fortresses in the Second Cataract region, Dorginarti existed in a later era than the better-known Middle and New Kingdom forts. The earliest ceramics found at the site date from the later tenth or early ninth century BC, and those from a later occupation stem from the early eighth century. The latest phase of occupation did not extend far beyond the first phase of Persian dominance in Egypt beginning in the last quarter of the sixth century BC. This volume is the final report of the emergency excavations undertaken at Dorginarti for five months in 1964 by the University of Chicago's Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures as part of the UNESCO Nubian salvage project necessitated by the building of the Aswan High Dam. Following a description of the fortress's landscape and resources, the book describes Dorginarti's architecture in detail and then presents the selection of artifacts brought back from the Sudan and stored in the ISAC Museum. The picture that emerges from the archaeological record shows the continuing importance of Lower Nubia after the withdrawal of Egyptian control in the late second millennium BC and before the rise of the Kushite empire in the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty.
Out of the Shadows
Author: Marilyn PembertonPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144384554X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Who was Mary De Morgan and why should she be dragged out of the shadows cast by her illustrious parents, her male siblings and the members of the Arts and Crafts circle in which she moved? Why should the academic spotlight be shone onto her life and works? De Morgan (1850–1907) was undoubtedly a woman of her time: she was unmarried and therefore one of the million or so “odd” women who had to earn their own living, which she did mainly by writing. She was one of the many who took part in the great effort to “improve” the lives of the poor in the East End of London; she was caught up in the spiritualist phenomena, not only because her mother was an ardent supporter and practitioner, but also because De Morgan herself was considered to be a “seer”; she, like many Victorians, suffered from the curse of tuberculosis but despite going to live in Egypt for health reasons, she then became the directress of a girls’ reformatory until her death. Through the analysis of her fairy tales, her sole novel, her non-fictional articles and her unpublished short stories, De Morgan is revealed to be an early feminist and “New Woman,” an advocate of William Morris’s philosophies and a social reformer, but also a rather disappointed and disillusioned woman. Letters to and from her family and friends paint a colourful picture of family life during the second half of the nineteenth century, and extracts from well-known people’s biographies, reminiscences and diaries flesh out De Morgan’s character and help explain why George Bernard Shaw considered her to be a “devil incarnate.”
The Book Buyer
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A review and record of current literature.
Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Harvard University Bulletin
Author: Harvard UniversityPublisher:
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Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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