Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: Volume 3, Appendix: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix
Author:   Howard Vyse
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108075688


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   11 December 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: Volume 3, Appendix: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt, and an Appendix


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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. Volume 3 (1842) describes the work continued by Perring on various pyramids, and on the mummy pits at Saqqara.

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Author:   Howard Vyse
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781108075688


ISBN 10:   1108075681
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   11 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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.

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