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Author: John M. Adams
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-06-25
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1250026695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe biography of Theodore Davis, a rich American robber baron who, in the early 20th century discovered 18 tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Author: Matthew Djun Ismail
Publisher: Godsfield Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9781843822189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSir E.A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) is today mostly known as the author of such books as The Egyptian Book of the Dead (1895), The Gods of Egypt (1904), and An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary (1920). Born an impoverished and illegitimate child in rural Cornwall, Budge bit and clawed his way through the barriers of Victorian and Edwardian class prejudice to a knighthood in 1920. As Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum from 1894 to 1924, Budge's career was entwined with the great issues of his day: the rise of the European Empires in the Middle East and the decline of the Ottoman Empire; the French and British struggle to control Egypt and its antiquities; the conflicts between Ottoman and European antiquarian interests in the Ottoman province of Iraq; and the British invasion and colonization of the Sudan. Budge was both a proponent of a liberalized Christianity and a believer in the reality of the occult world, and his books were viewed by many as a primary source for alternative religious inspiration. More than an account of the professional conflicts and the controversial smuggling of antiquities for which Budge is now remembered in academic circles, this is an intriguing story of antiquities and empire - and of how one man's life was saturated with both.
Author: Eloise Head
Publisher: Weldon Owen International
Published: 2022-08-16
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1681889307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most popular bakers on Instagram and TikTok, Eloise Head (AKA @Fitwaffle), presents 100 new and favorite recipes for simple, decadent desserts. With 50 three-ingredient recipes including Cookies and Cream Fudge and a Chocolate Hazelnut Mug Cake, four- and five- ingredient recipes such as Peanut Butter Blondies and a Cinnamon Roll in a Mug, plus special-occasion treats that pull out all the stops, Eloise makes baking a cinch for novice and expert home bakers alike. 100 RECIPES: Create mouthwatering treats for every occasion including cakes, cookies, bars, sweet breakfasts and show-stopping desserts in minutes QUICK AND EASY RECIPES: Whip up mouthwatering recipes such as Tangy Lemon Bars, Popcorn Balls, and Stuffed Cookie Cups with just a handful of ingredients. More than 50 recipes have only three ingredients! SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATION: Eloise Head (AKA Fitwaffle) has one of the most popular baking accounts on Instagram and TikTok. Her innovative recipes have been featured in The Today Show, Daily Mail, Insider, and HuffPost INSPIRING IMAGES: Filled with beautiful food photography to help inspire and ensure success GREAT GIFT FOR BEGINNING BAKERS: With easy-to-follow instructions, cooking tips, and short ingredient lists, cooks of every skill level can make delicious sweets and desserts at home.
Author: Theodore M. Davis
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bob Brier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0197635059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World shows a whole new side to the story of Tutankhamun's treasures, exploring the 100 years of research that has taken place since the tomb's discovery.
Author: Kathleen L. Sheppard
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2022-08-09
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1526166194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTea on the terrace takes the reader on a journey up and down the Nile with famous archaeologists and Egyptologists. Spending time with these fascinating men and women at their hotels and on their boats, the book reveals that a great deal of archaeological work took place away from field sites and museums. Arriving in Alexandria, travellers such as Americans Theodore Davis, Emma Andrews and James Breasted, and Britons Wallis Budge, Maggie Benson and Howard Carter moved on to Cairo before heading south for Luxor, the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. The book follows them on their journey, listening in on their conversations and observing their activities. Applying insights from social studies of science, it reveals that hotels in particular were crucial spaces for establishing careers, building and strengthening scientific networks, and generating and experimenting with new ideas. Combining archaeological tourism with the history of Egyptology, and drawing on a wide array of archival materials, Tea on the terrace takes the reader behind the scenes of familiar stories, showing Egyptologists’ activities in a whole new light.
Author: Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1982-10
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0374239282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of Wolfe's essays, articles, and chapters from previous collections is filled with observations on U.S. popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
Author: Harry Goldman
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-09-17
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0786483555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKenneth Strickfaden, innovative genius of illusionary special effects from silent films to the age of television, set the standard for Hollywood's mad scientists. Strickfaden created the science fiction apparatus in more than 100 motion picture films and television programs, from 1931's Frankenstein to the Wizard of Oz and The Mask of Fu Manchu to television's The Munsters. The skilled technician, known around Hollywood's back lots as "Mr. Electric," once doubled for Boris Karloff in a dangerous scene and was nearly electrocuted. From his birth in 1896 to his death in 1984, Strickfaden's life was filled with adventure. He spent his early years working the amusement parks on both coasts, served overseas as a Marine during World War I, took a 1919 cross-country trip in a dilapidated Model T, and favored risky pursuits like automobile and speedboat racing. He worked as an aeronautical mechanic, constructing airplanes for an historic around-the-world flight. A science teacher at heart, he gave 1,500 traveling science demonstration lectures across the U.S. and Canada. Besides covering Strickfaden's entire personal and professional life, this book discusses how later films show his influence. It reveals the fate of his collection of equipment, and is richly illustrated with numerous rare and previously unpublished photographs. Appendices provide a selection of notes, doodles, and scribbles from Strickfaden's notebooks, informal sketches, correspondence, documents, a chronology of his film and television contributions, a bibliography, a film index, and a complete subject index.
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 2010-03-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0446573205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a New York Times bestselling author, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, now a wife and mother, returns to catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient tomb. It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising their young son Ramses and everything seems normal–until they are approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir Henry, has died after uncovering what might be a royal tomb in Luxor. Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not die a natural death. Accidents continue to plague the dig, and talk of a pharaoh's curse runs rampant among the group. Amelia begins to suspect that these accidents are caused by a sinister human–but who?
Author: John Darnell
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1250272882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents. Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask of his son Tutankhamun and the painted bust of his wife Nefertiti are the most recognizable artifacts from all of ancient Egypt. But who are Akhenaten and Nefertiti? And what can we actually say about rulers who lived more than three thousand years ago? November 2022 marks the centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and although "King Tut" is a household name, his nine-year rule pales in comparison to the revolutionary reign of his parents. Akhenaten and Nefertiti became gods on earth by transforming Egyptian solar worship, innovating in art and urban design, and merging religion and politics in ways never attempted before. Combining fascinating scholarship, detective suspense, and adventurous thrills, Egypt's Golden Couple is a journey through excavations, museums, hieroglyphic texts, and stunning artifacts. From clue to clue, renowned Egyptologists John and Colleen Darnell reconstruct an otherwise untold story of the magnificent reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
