Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A CompendiumThe Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiquity. Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able to immerse themselves in the great lady's world more completely than ever before. Journey through the bustling streets and markets of Cairo a hundred years ago. Surround yourself with the customs and color of a bygone time. Explore ancient tombs and temples and marvel at the history of this remarkable land -- from the age of the pharaohs through the Napoleonic era to the First World War. Also included in Amelia Peabody's Egypt are a hitherto unpublished journal entry and intimate biographies of the Emersons and their friends, which provide a uniquely personal view of the lives, relationships, opinions, politics, and delightful eccentricities of mystery's first family, as well as unforgettable pearls of wit and wisdom from everyone's favorite fictional Egyptologist herself. Containing nearly 600 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, and articles by numerous experts, Amelia Peabody's Egypt sparkles with unforgettable glimpses of the exotic and the bizarre, the unusual and the unfamiliar -- a treasure trove that overflows with Egyptological riches, along with wonderful insights into the culture and mores of the Victorian era, including the prevalent attitudes on empire, fashion, feminism, tourists, servants, and much more. A one-of-a-kind collection that offers endless hours of pleasure for Peabodyphiles and Egypt aficionados alike, here is a tome to cherish; a grand and glorious celebration of the life, the work, and the world of the incomparable Amelia Peabody. |
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... English style . Nothing washed out about Miss P. She is as swarthy as a gypsy and as opinionated as a man , black hair , eyes like daggers . Admirable figure , though . I cannot imagine why I am wasting paper and ink on the woman ...
... English brothers Radcliffe and Walter Emerson arrived in Egypt in 1884 , for their first full season of excavation , the relatively young discipline of arch- aeology had been practiced there only since the ear- ly years of the 1850s ...
... English savants necessarily refrained altogether from personally collecting smaller objects offered to them by enterprising fellahin ) . It was Wilkinson who began the numbering of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings , a sequence which ...
... English tourist Amelia Peabody - his self - appointed assistant at the time had cleared having been destroyed by vandals ) . The intentional de- struction of this exquisite pavement ( as subsequently described by Peabody [ later Mrs ...
... English archaeologist , Edward Ayrton , at the en- trance to their 1907 controversial discovery , Kings ' Valley Tomb 55 , the so - called Amarna Cache ; the rock - debris - cluttered entrance to the single chamber is seen below ...
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The British in Egypt 18841917 | 48 |
The Emersons Bane Tourists Along the Nile | 89 |
II | 99 |
The Art Architecture of Islam | 113 |