Cottrell, Leonard

The Mountains of Pharaoh 2,000 Years of Pyramid Exploration

London: Scientific Book Club. 8vo, pp. 272, index, no pubn date, previous owner inscription on eps dated 1958, b/w plates, pages yellowing at edges, ffep clipped at top corner, orig. yellow bds with some staining, no d.j.

Chronicles the history of pyramid exploration in Egypt, with quite a detailed focus on Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, an English Egyptologist, pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and Captain Matthew Flinders' grandson. Item #85850

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