Archaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters : Exploring Egypt and the Near East in the Late 19thEarly 20th Centuries
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic t...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : Bloomsbury Publishing,
2015
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Bloomsbury Egyptology
Bloomsbury Egyptology Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Dragomen Europeans Americans Travelers Europeans - Middle East Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (160 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic their pursuits, had to deal with the local authorities and the native workforce for their archaeological excavations. The vast majority of these visitors had to rely on interpreters, dragomans, translators and local guides. This study, based on published and unpublished travel memoirs, guidebooks, p |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (160 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781472588791 1472588797 9781472588821 1472588827 |