Two Months on the Nile
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-5606-6 (ISBN)
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British Consul and antiquities-collector Thomas Sandwith’s account of his two months travelling in Egypt provides a valuable new primary source on a dynamic period in Egyptian history.
His account of newly discovered sites and meetings with Egyptologists provide a new perspective on the burgeoning ‘golden age’ of Egyptology. His astute descriptions of his journey from Cairo to Aswan give a vivid new perspective of the growth of European tourism in British-occupied Egypt. Sandwith was a longtime resident of the Middle East and he also offers insights into the figures who administered the occupation.
His 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, and 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.
Thomas Backhouse Sandwith was a British diplomat who served in the Middle East, as Vice-Consul in Cyprus, then as Consul in Crete, modern-day Tunisia, and Ukraine. He assembled a large collection of antiquities throughout his career and regularly visited archaeological sites under excavation. Stephen Boys-Smith is the author of Thomas Sandwith: A British Consul in the Levant, 1855-1891, (2020) and co-editor of Studies on Ottoman Nicosia (2019). He was formerly a senior British civil servant, with his final post as Director General for Police, Immigration/asylum, and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.6.2025 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7556-5606-7 / 0755656067 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7556-5606-6 / 9780755656066 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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