文档介绍：Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt 1
Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To
The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To
The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt, by Gaston Camille Charles Maspero This eBook is for the use of anyone
anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it
under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at
Title: Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt
Author: Gaston Camille Charles Maspero
Release Date: December 20, 2004 [EBook #14400]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY ***
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Robert Connal and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
AND
Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt.
FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND TRAVELLERS.
BY G. MASPERO, . OXON. MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; PROFESSOR AT THE
COLLÈGE DE FRANCE; EX-DIRECTOR GENERAL OF EGYPTIAN MUSEUMS.
TRANSLATED BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS.
_NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR_.
With Three Hundred and Nine Illustrations.
1895.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH AND REVISED EDITION.
Notwithstanding the fact that Egyptology is now recognised as a science, an exact municable
knowledge of whose existence and scope it behoves all modern culture to take cognisance, this work of M.
Maspero still remains the Handbook of Egyptian Archaeology. But Egyptology is as yet in its infancy;
whatever their age, Egyptologists will long die young. Every year, almost every month, fresh material for the
study is found, fresh light is thrown upon it by the progress of excavation, exploration, and research. Hence it
follows that, in the course of a few years, the standard text-books require considerable additio