Two Months on the Nile
Thomas Sandwith’s Nineteenth-Century Egyptian Journey
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Product details:
- Publisher I.B. Tauris
- Date of Publication 26 June 2025
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9780755656066
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages pages
- Size 220x148x18 mm
- Weight 400 g
- Language English 673
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Short description:
A new primary source on the history of travel to Egypt and the 'Golden Age' of Archaeology and Egyptology.
MoreLong description:
British Consul with a long-standing interest in archaeology Thomas Sandwith's account of his two months travelling in Egypt provides a valuable new primary source on a dynamic period in Egyptian history. In January 1893 he began a diary in which he recorded his journey on the Nile aboard a dahabiya. Possessing a keen interest in antiquities and experience in acquiring them during his consular career, he recounts visiting newly discovered archaeological sites and meetings with Egyptologists, providing a unique snapshot of the 'golden age' of Egyptology. His astute descriptions of his journey from Cairo to Aswan and back give a vivid new perspective on the growth of European tourism in British-occupied Egypt and early Egyptian industry.
Sandwith's decades-long interest in archaeology and familiarity with the Levant mean this diary - until now on the long-hand pages as he wrote them on the boat - is thus unique among contemporary travel accounts. It is a valuable primary source for scholars interested in the history of the British in the Middle East, the history of travel in the Middle East and the history of archaeology and Egyptology.
Table of Contents:
Map and Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Map of the Nile Valley
1. Introduction
The Diary
Commentary
Context - Travel to Egypt and on the Nile in the 1890s
Context - Egyptology in the 1890s
Context - Egypt in the 1890s
Thomas Sandwith - Levant Consul
Thomas Sandwith - Levant collector
Thomas Sandwith - Levant traveller
2. Editorial note
3. Thomas Sandwith's Egyptian Diary
4. Dramatis personae
Glossary
Bibliography
Endnotes
Index
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