Main entry:

Beaucour, Fernand Emile.

Title & Author:

The discovery of Egypt / Fernand Beaucour, Yves Laissus, Chantal Orgogozo ; [translated from the French by Bambi Ballard].

Publication:

Paris : Flammarion, 1990.

Description:

271 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269) and index.
Foreword / Lise Manniche -- The Military Enterprise / Fernand Beaucour. The Invasion. Egypt under Bonaparte. The End of the Adventure -- The Scholars in Egypt / Yves Laissus. The Creation of the Commission for Arts and Sciences. The Egyptian Institute and the Scholars' Life in Cairo. Conte's Machine Shop and the Printing Press. The Scholars' Travels and Fieldwork. A Reversal of Fortunes -- The Archaeological Conquest / Chantal Orgogozo. The First Archaeologists. Denon and the Exploration of Upper Egypt. The Early Publications. The description de l'Egypte -- The Birth of Egyptology / Chantal Orgogozo and Genevieve Sabron. The Egyptian Revival. Egypt and the Arts in the 1830s. The Scramble for Antiquities. The Key to the Hieroglyphs. Champollion's Successors.
Translated from the French.

Summary:

Recounts the rediscovery of Egypt by Napoleon's army and a group of savants, artists, travelers, and scientists during the Egyptian Campaign, 1798-1801.

ISBN:

2080135066
9782080135063

Subject:

Egyptology History.
Égyptologie Histoire.
Egyptology
Civilization
Antiquities
Ägyptologie
Egypt History French occupation, 1798-1801.
Egypt Pictorial works.
Egypt Antiquities.
Egypt Civilization.
Egypt History.
Égypte Antiquités.
Égypte Histoire.
Égypte Civilisation.
Égypte Histoire 1798-1801 (Occupation française)
Egypt
Egypt In art.
Europe History 1789-1900.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Laissus, Yves.
Orgogozo, Chantal.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 111365
Call No.: ID DT103.B4313; ID:94-B741
Status: Available