Early Explorers in Egypt and Nubia

This blog is intended both as an instrument for researchers on early explorers in Egypt and Nubia, providing useful tools in the On-line Resources section (On-line books, Archives, Map Collections, Photo Collections, etc.), and as a place to publish original documentation and research on the subject (i.e. List of travellers, Accounts, Letters, etc.). Anyone who would like to contribute with suggestions or articles is warmly welcomed!

Tuesday 7 August 2012

NEW JOURNAL ARTICLE: A Treasure House of Egyptology


Salvoldi D., A Treasure House of Egyptology. The Catalogue of William John Bankes’ Egyptian Portfolio (1815-1822), in «National Trust Arts, Buildings, Collections Bulletin» (Summer 2012), pp. 11-12.

With three previously unpublished drawings by Linant and Bankes.
II.C.21 (Interior of the Temple of Opet in Karnak, sketch by W J Bankes)
I.A.3 (An early representation of Amr Ibn el-’As Mosque, Cairo)
XXI.H.2 (The hypostyle hall of the temple of Isis, Philae, a watercolour by Linant)

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/servlet/file/store5/item925751/version1/ABC%20Bulletin%20summer%202012.pdf 


 
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