Chicago on the Nile: A Century of Work by the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago

by Emily Teeter

Chicago on the Nile relates the colorful story of the University of Chicago's Epigraphic Survey expedition to Egypt, from its conception in 1924 by the first American Egyptologist, James Henry Breasted, through its development over the course of a century to become the major scientific and social presence it is today-not just in Egypt but throughout the world. Initially envisioned as a small group of scientists devoted to documenting the ancient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614911169
• ISBN13: 9781614911166
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.