The Obelisk and the Englishman: The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes by Dorothy U. Seyler

The Obelisk and the Englishman: The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes

Dorothy U. Seyler

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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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...

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