A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs, Derived Entirely from the Monuments - Volume 2

by Henry Danby Seymour, Philip Smith, Heinrich Karl Brugsch

Book Overview

The most lasting achievement of the German Egyptologist Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827-94) is perhaps his work on the Egyptian demotic script, which had been relatively neglected since Champollion's death. This two-volume illustrated history of Egypt, 'derived entirely from the monuments', was first published in an English translation (by H. D. Seymour, from the 1876 first German edition, and edited by Philip Smith) in 1879. Brugsch brings to bear his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108084737
• ISBN13: 9781108084734
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"