Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology Der Manuelian Peter
Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology Der Manuelian Peter In this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and…
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Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology Der Manuelian Peter
In this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of America's greatest archaeologist. Colossal royal statues and minuscule gold jewelry. Manuelian presents Reisner's undeniable impact and considers his life within the context of Western colonialism, racism, and nationalism.Pyramids with hidden burial chambers.
This is the legacy of forty-three years of breathtakingly successful excavations at twenty-three different archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan (ancient Nubia). Decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, ceramics, furniture, stone vessels, and hieroglyphic inscriptions everywhere. George Reisner (1867-1942) discovered all this and more during a remarkable career that revolutionized archaeological method in both the Old World and the New.
Leading the Harvard University-Boston
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