Egypt Lost and Found
Explorers and Travellers on the Nile
Alberto Silotti
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Egypt Lost and Found chronicles the story of the rediscovery of Egypt and its priceless treasures by European travellers over the last 500 years.
Beautifully designed, the book interweaves text with lavish colour illustrations, many being the exquisitely detailed drawings and paintings made by artists and travellers recording their journey. Here, on a scale unmatched by any other modern publication and including many unfamiliar images, are hieroglyphics, wall paintings and mummies, portraits of both the explorers and the Egyptian people and scenes highlighting the magnificence of the great temples and the pyramids.
Cairo had seen European soldiers and merchants since the Middle Ages, but of the great achievements of the ancient Egyptians only the pyramids were known. Gradually over the next 300 years, travellers ventured further, but the most exciting discoveries were made by Napoleon and his soldiers whilst on a military campaign. It was then that the marvels of ancient Egyptian civilization were truly rediscovered. Napoleon’s scientists documented all the great monuments in the Nile Valley, transforming what had been a military defeat into an extraordinary cultural triumph that greatly influenced European art, architecture and culture.
Illuminating some of the greatest adventures of all time, Egypt: Lost and Found will prove fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the Egyptians and their incredible legacy.
Also of interest:
The Search for Ancient Egypt |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500018820 | | ISBN-13 978-0500018828 | | | | 35.5 x 25.5 cm | | Hardback | | 368pp | | 1050 illustrations, 1050 in colour | | First published 1999 | | | | £32.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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