A Thousand Miles up the Nile
This is the most important of my books, and the one by which I most hope to be remembered – if I may hope to be remembered at all!
A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology forever. Her travelogue, A Thousand Miles up the Nile, would inspire generations to take up her cause to support and promote Egyptian cultural heritage.
This modern reprint is accompanied by a new introduction by Carl Graves (the Egypt Exploration Society) and Anna Garnett (The Petrie Museum, UCL) reflecting on Amelia’s life and its legacy in Egyptology today. The original text is complimented by previously unseen, high quality colour images of Amelia’s artwork made during or shortly after her travels, which have only previously been reproduced as black and white engravings. This is no ordinary reprint, but an essential companion to the best-seller.
- ISBN: 978-0-85698-251-4 (paperback); 978-0-85698-271-2 (eBook)
- Published: 2022
- Size: 254 × 190 mm
- Pages: 666
Contents:
NEW INTRODUCTION: Acknowledgements | Introduction | Further reading | Image Catalogue | Itinerary | ORIGINAL BOOK: Preface | I. Cairo and the Great Pyramid | II. Cairo and the Mecca Pilgrimage | III. Cairo to Bedreshayn | IV. Sakkârah and Memphis | V. Bereshayn to Minieh | VI. Minieh to Siût | VII. Siût to Denderah | VIII. Thebes and Karnak | IX. Thebes to Assûan | X. Assûan and Elephantine | XI. The Cataract and the Desert | XII. Philæ | XIII. Philæ to Korosko | XIV. Korosko to Abou Simbel | XV. Rameses the Great | XVI. Abou Simbel | XVII. The Second Cataract | XVIII. Discoveries at Abou Simbel | XIX. Back through Nubia | XX. Silsilis and Edfu | XXI. Thebes | XXII. Abydus and Cairo | Appendix
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Finally, a chance to meet the real Amelia B Edwards. A must buy – for the introduction and cover alone!
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