Every Traveller Needs a Compass: Travel and Collecting in Egypt and the Near East
ISBN: 9781785700996 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who traveled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time to improve their health or simply to enjoy the experience.
While some travelers kept a diary or journal that has survived until today, others did not. Their travels have to be extracted from the wide range of manuscript sources that are thankfully retained in libraries and archives, or which still remain with... A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who traveled to, from and ...
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142,73 zł |
Philosophical Dissertations On The Egyptians And Chinese V2 (1795)
ISBN: 9780548842775 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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149,59 zł |
Egypt Inside Out
ISBN: 9789774169045 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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151,04 zł |
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
ISBN: 9781108017633 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amelia Edwards' English translation of the Manual of Egyptian Archaeology by the renowned French Egyptologist Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (1846 1916) was originally published in 1887. The fifth edition reissued here appeared in 1902, ten years after Edwards' death, under the auspices of Maspero. Edwards' translation was important for generating public interest in Egyptology in Britain. It is a classic work of popular Egyptology that has served for years as an indispensable guide for students, amateur enthusiasts and professionals, and was long relied upon by British tourists visiting...
Amelia Edwards' English translation of the Manual of Egyptian Archaeology by the renowned French Egyptologist Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (1846 191...
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157,96 zł |
The Monuments Of Egypt And Their Vestiges Of Patriarchal Traditions: Forming The Second Part Of The One Primeval Language (1853)
ISBN: 9781437314021 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,26 zł |
The Unwelcome Dead: Denial and Destruction of Egypt's Ancient Antiquities
ISBN: 9781948282031 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,63 zł |
American Travelers on the Nile: Early Us Visitors to Egypt, 1774-1839
ISBN: 9789774166679 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814, ending the War of 1812, allowed Americans once again to travel abroad. Medical students went to Paris, artists to Rome, academics to Gottingen, and tourists to all European capitals. More intrepid Americans ventured to Athens, to Constantinople, and even to Egypt. Beginning with two eighteenth-century travelers, this book then turns to the 25-year period after 1815 that saw young men from East Coast cities, among them graduates of Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, traveling to the lands of the Bible and of the Greek and Latin authors they had first known as...
The Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814, ending the War of 1812, allowed Americans once again to travel abroad. Medical students went to Paris, artists to ...
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160,91 zł |
Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples
ISBN: 9789774168789 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An up-to-date guide to the Abu Simbel and lower Nubian temples, illustrated with over a 150 original photographs, drawings, and maps.
An up-to-date guide to the Abu Simbel and lower Nubian temples, illustrated with over a 150 original photographs, drawings, and maps.
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160,91 zł |
Amarna: A Guide to the Ancient City of Akhetaten
ISBN: 9789774169823 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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160,91 zł |
Amarna: A Guide to the Ancient City [Arabic Edition]: دليل للمدينة ال
ISBN: 9789776790117 / Arabski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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160,91 zł |
Egypt: Volume 4
ISBN: 9780520256484 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautifully designed pocket referencemore a compact encyclopedia than a dictionarypresents ancient Egypt in stunningly-produced photographs and concise textual descriptions of Egyptian art, culture, and government. Not merely a travel guide, this handy and easy-to-use guide provides an overall view of the civilization as a whole, including a fascinating section on the history of Egyptology, the invasions and excavations, and a section on where the artifacts can be seen today. This is a must-have addition to the library of anyone interested in ancient Egypt, and a necessary companion for...
This beautifully designed pocket referencemore a compact encyclopedia than a dictionarypresents ancient Egypt in stunningly-produced photographs and c...
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160,97 zł |
Letters from Egypt, 1863-65
ISBN: 9781108026734 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lucie Duff Gordon (1821 1869) was a translator and travel writer. Forced to leave England in 1851 due to tuberculosis, she went first to South Africa and then to Egypt. Her letters home were published, with considerable success. She writes with great feeling about the ordinary life of the Egyptians: her interest in and sympathy with them is clear, and her great affection for them led to criticism of the derogatory way in which many western visitors regarded them. But she was also highly critical of the effects of western influence on them, and her comments about the Suez Canal project and new...
Lucie Duff Gordon (1821 1869) was a translator and travel writer. Forced to leave England in 1851 due to tuberculosis, she went first to South Africa ...
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163,07 zł |
Visit To The Holy Land, Egypt, And Italy (1852)
ISBN: 9781437361544 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken.
Translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken.
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164,09 zł |
Hare 'n There Adventures of Rosie Rabbit: Rosie in Egypt
ISBN: 9781503520271 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,28 zł |
Hare N There Adventures of Rosie Rabbit: Rosie in Mackinac Island
ISBN: 9781503557727 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,28 zł |
Hare 'n There Adventures of Rosie Rabbit: Rosie at the Mexican Riviera
ISBN: 9781543418330 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,28 zł |
Egypt Diary 1914-1915
ISBN: 9780645235937 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,28 zł |
'O Egypt, Egypt': A personal exploration of Ancient and Modern Egypt and a Spiritual Odyssey
ISBN: 9780473231439 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'O Egypt, Egypt, ' is not only a fascinating read for the armchair traveller but also a handy guide to those wishing to discover this ancient world for themselves. In this easy read, the author's affinity and kinship with the ancient land of the pharaohs will resonate with many readers on many levels. This lively travel journal not only makes the wonders of Egypt accessible to the reader but also leads into clear esoteric insights woven through its history and drama. An appendix on Egyptian Temples provides interesting insights at various levels of spiritual understanding into the roles of...
'O Egypt, Egypt, ' is not only a fascinating read for the armchair traveller but also a handy guide to those wishing to discover this ancient world fo...
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165,40 zł |
Egypt's Thousand Days of Revolution: A Parade of Presidents
ISBN: 9788494427404 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Egypt's Thousand Days of Revolution, author Alexander Murray provides a vivid and fascinating eyewitness account of Egyptian life in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. A Scotsman and confirmed Egyptophile, Murray first arrived in Cairo just weeks before the assassination of President Anwar Sadat and has returned to the country for many extended visits since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. In his remarkable book - part travel guide, part personal memoir, part sociopolitical commentary - the author vividly recalls and illustrates with his own full-colour photographs his time spent in a... In Egypt's Thousand Days of Revolution, author Alexander Murray provides a vivid and fascinating eyewitness account of Egyptian life in the afterma... |
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172,58 zł |
From Khartoum to Jerusalem: The Dragoman Solomon Negima and His Clients (1885-1933)
ISBN: 9781350054127 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races. Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid... In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The lett... |
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178,35 zł |