History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery
L. W. King
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Book language: English
278 pages
A historical survey by two British Museum scholars, L. W. King and H. R. Hall, of ancient Egypt and Western Asia in the light of archaeological discovery. It presents the civilizations of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria through excavations, monuments, and finds. Worth listening for a scholarly overview of how early archaeology illuminated these cultures.
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HISTORY OF EGYPT
CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA IN THE LIGHT OF
RECENT DISCOVERY BY L. W. KING and H. R. HALL
Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum
Containing over 1200 colored plates and illustrations.
Copyright 1906
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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
It should be noted that many of the monuments and sites of excavations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Kurdistan described in this volume have been visited by the authors in connection with their own work in those countries. The greater number of the photographs here published were taken by the authors themselves. Their thanks are due to M. Ernest Leroux, of Paris, for his kind permission to reproduce a certain number of plates from the works of M. de
Morgan, illustrating his recent discoveries in Egypt and Persia, and to
Messrs. W. A. Mansell & Co., of London, for kindly allowing them to make use of a number of photographs issued by them.
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