Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia and the Peninsula of Sinai
in the Years 1842–1845, During the Mission Sent Out by His Majesty Frederick William IV of Prussia

An 1852 English translation of reports written by Carl Richard Lepsius during his expedition to Egypt in 1842–1845.

Richard Lepsius (Author), Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie (Edited by)

9781108017114, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2010

482 pages, 4 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

Dr Carl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884) was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist considered the founder of modern Egyptology. In 1842 he was commissioned by King Frederick Wilhelm IV to lead an expedition to Egypt and Sudan to explore and record ancient Egyptian remains. The expedition included artists, surveyors and other specialists and spent three years recording monuments in Egypt, modern Sudan and the Sinai. The expedition conducted the first scientific studies of the pyramids of Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Dashur. First published in 1852, this volume is a translation of 40 reports in the form of letters written by Lepsius to King Frederick Wilhem IV during the expedition, and translated by Kenneth R. H Mackenzie. They provide descriptions of many ancient Egyptian monuments which have since been lost or destroyed, and provide an engaging and frank account of the difficulties of supervising an archaeological expedition in Egypt at that time.

Preface
1. On board the Oriental steamer
2. Alexandria
3. Cairo
4. At the foot of the Great Pyramid
5. Pyramids of Gizah
6. Pyramids of Gizah
7. Saqara
8. Saqara
9. Cairo
10. Ruins of the Labyrinth
11. Labyrinth
12. Labyrinth
13. Cairo
14. Thebes
15. Korusko
16. Korusko
17. E'Damer
18. On the Blue River, Province of Sennar
19. Chartum
20. Pyramids of Meroe
21. Keli
22. Barkal
23. Mount Barkal
24. Dongola
25. Dongola
26. Korusko
27. Philae
28. Thebes
29. Thebes
30. Thebes
31. On the Red Sea
32. Convent of Sinai
33. On the Red Sea
34. Thebes, Karnak
35. Cairo
36. Cairo
37. Jaffa
38. Nazareth
39. Smyrna
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]