The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes /
William John Bankes (1786-1855) was a pioneer in the nascent study of the language, history, and civilization of ancient Egypt. At the Abydos Temple he discovered the King List --a wall of cartouches listing Egyptian kings in chronological order -- which was vital to the decoding of Egyptian hierogl...
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Amherst, New York :
Prometheus Books,
2015.
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A1234.567 |
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