A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

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I’ve always been suspicious when I read a book on the history of Archaeology or attend a lecture that starts with the “Fathers of Archaeology” and never mentions women, at all, ever. I know Archaeology isn’t the only scientific field to suffer from this “man-washing” of its history. I don’t really think it’s a malicious thing. I think women have just been marginalized for so long, even other women in the different fields accept that women had no hand in forming or growing science. With the aims of advancing the Fund's work, Edwards largely abandoned her other literary work to concentrate solely on Egyptology. In this field she contributed to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, to the American supplement of that work, and to the Standard Dictionary. As part of her efforts Edwards embarked on an ambitious lecture tour of the United States in the period 1889–1890. The content of these lectures was later published under the title Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorer (1891). And there, writing those charming letters that delight the world Lady Duff Gordon lingered through the last few winters of her life. The rooms in which she lived first, and the balcony in which she took such pleasure, were no longer accessible, owing to the ruinous state of one of the staircases; but we saw the rooms she last inhabited. Her couch, her rug, her folding chair were there still. The walls were furnished with a few cheap prints and a pair of tin sconces. All was very bare and comfortless.

accidentally discovered under the mounds of Tel-el-Yahoodeh, 23 about twelve miles to the N.E. of Cairo. En Egipto se llama Fantasía a cualquier espectáculo animado con música, baile o fuegos artificiales" The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Women, being about half of the population, have always contributed to science. Some of them didpaperwork, somebecamescholars and lecturers, some risked their lives in thepursuitof their fields. No contribution was too small.Mariette was of opinion that the Temple of Medinet Habu, erected as it is on the side of the great Theban necropolis, is, like the Ramesseum, a funerary monument erected by Rameses III in his own lifetime to his own memory. These battered colossi represent the king in the character of Osiris, and are in fact on a huge scale precisely what the ordinary funerary statuettes are upon a small scale. They would be out of place in any but a monumental edifice; and they alone suffice to determine the character of the building. Amelia Edwards enjoyed travel, spending much time in France and Italy. While in Italy, she would travel with her friend Lucy Renshaw. She is simply referred to as “L” in Edwards’ diaries. 3 This is unusual, yet bold for women during the 19th century when women traveling alone, even if in a pair, was not always socially acceptable. Yet, Amelia and Lucy did not let this stop them. The two women went on a pioneering journey of the Dolomites, a mountain range in northeastern Italy. According to her book on their journey, Amelia and Lucy set out in June 1872. 4 They traveled via train to Venice. From Venice, they left civilization behind, and headed towards the Dolomites. The Dolomite ranges contained almost no roads, scarce and simple accommodations with little comforts. 5 But Amelia, along with Lucy, were determined, no matter what obstacles or challenges they may have encountered. She wanted to write a detailed book that included all aspects of the area, good and bad, especially those off the beaten path. Her artistic skills came in handy in creating maps along the way. Rees, Joan (1998). Amelia Edwards: Traveller, Novelist and Egyptologist. London: Rubicon Press. p.69. ISBN 0-948695-61-7. Edwards is ontzaglijk belezen en bereisd, en ze maakt prachtige tekeningen bij haar minutieuze en sfeervolle verslagen. Smakelijk vertelt ze over de reisavonturen, gedegen doet ze verslag van alle bezienswaardigheden.

Most travellers moor for a day or two at Karnak, and thence make their excursion to Bab-el-Molûk. By so doing they lose one of the most interesting rides in the neighbourhood of Thebes. L. and the Writer started from Luxor one morning about an hour after daybreak, crossing the river at the usual Early life [ edit ] Bust of Amelia Edwards, Petrie Museum, University College, London Titian's Birthplace, drawn by Amelia Edwards in her book Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys. A depiction of a location in Caprile. [3] Elsewhere we come upon scenes less painful. The Sun emerges from the lower hemisphere. The justified dead sow and reap in the Elysian fields, gather celestial fruits, and bathe in the waters of truth. The royal mummy reposes in its shrine. Funerary statues of the king are worshipped with incense, and offerings of meat, and libations of wine. 28 Finally the king arrives, purified and justified, at the last stage of his spiritual

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Coming out for a moment into blinding daylight, we drink a long draught of pure air, cross a few yards of uneven ground, arrive at the mouth of another excavation, and plunge again into underground darkness. A third and a fourth time we repeat this strange experience. It is like a feverish sleep troubled by gruesome dreams, and broken by momentary wakings. Another significant highlight of the book is Edwards' writing style, which is both vivid and accessible. She has a unique talent for bringing the people and places she encounters to life, and her descriptions of the landscape and culture of the Nile are both beautiful and insightful. Below these "hareem" groups come colossal bas-reliefs of a religious and military character. The King, as usual, smites his prisoners in presence of the Gods. A slender and spirited figure in act to slay, the fiery hero strides across the wall "like Baal 16 descended from the heights of heaven. His limbs are endued with the force of victory. With his right hand he seizes the multitudes; his left reaches like an arrow after those who fly before him. His sword is sharp as that of his father Mentu." 17 The old man who drives them sits in the middle of the cog-wheel, and goes slowly round as if he was being roasted. EES intern Elizabeth Owen writes about the Saqqara Sacred Animal Necropolis object card digitisation project.

Para leerlo poco a poco y tomarselo con calma, porque es tan completo en descripciones que puede hacerse pesado. Tiene muchísimas ilustraciones preciosas de la autora que enriquecen muchísimo la narración. Además cuenta con notas de la traductora Rosa Pujol actualizando datos o informaciones. Si encima complementas las lectura con fotos, vídeos, documentales o visitas online a los monumentos nombrados ya es un viaje de diez. A Poetry-book of Elder Poets, consisting of songs & sonnets, odes & lyrics, selected and arranged, with notes, from the works of the elder English poets, dating from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. 1878

the confederate princes of Asia Minor then lying in ambush near Kadesh; 15 and it was hither that he returned in