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Archaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters: Exploring Egypt and the Near East in the Late 19th–Early 20th Centuries (Bloomsbury Egyptology)
Rachel Mairs, Maya Muratov
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| #2594298 in Books | 2015-09-24 | 2015-09-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .36 x.34 x6.22l,.56 | File type: PDF | 160 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| scholarly but perhaps limited.|By jellymoon|I enjoyed the discussion of the function and idiosyncratic nature of the so-called dragoman - the Egyptian translator-guides variously employed by the archaeologists (at least until they taught themselves enough Arabic to be rid of them) and tourists (who experienced the same not necessarily contrived but certainly limited perspective||This book is a fascinating read from beginning to end. It comes at a time when a post-colonial approach has finally begun to be applied to early archaeological work and not only to non-professional travellers. This new interest, however, has never taken the li
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growing numbers of tourists and scholars from Europe and America, fascinated by new discoveries, visited the Near East and Egypt – attracted by the riches and mysteries of the Land of the Bible. Almost all such visitors, no matter how esoteric or academic their pursuits, had to deal with the local authorities and the native workforce for their archaeological excavations. The vast majority of these visitors had to rely o...
You easily download any file type for your device.Archaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters: Exploring Egypt and the Near East in the Late 19th–Early 20th Centuries (Bloomsbury Egyptology) | Rachel Mairs, Maya Muratov. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
