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Discovery of Egypt First British Edition
Author(s): Terrence M. Russell (Author)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: 15 Dec. 2005
- Edition: First British Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 266 pages
- ISBN-10: 0750941456
- ISBN-13: 9780750941457
Book Description
Using his extraordinary “Journeys in Upper and Lower Egypt”, published in 1802, as the basis for a vivid and moving account of the discovery of ancient Egypt, the author tells the story of Vivant Denon’s travels in Egypt.
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About the Author
Terence M. Russell is Reader in Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. He is a professionally qualified architect and is author of The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Architecture, Arts and Crafts, The Built Environment and an edition of the monumental official publication of Napoleon’s Egypt campaign, The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt.
