By Nile and Tigris - a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 (1920) (14800176123)

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Title: By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities Egypt -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel Iraq -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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.1 a black basalt portrait st itut nl Ptoknn \lll (,)■ Bill. .Miis.. No. 1641. BY NILE AND TIGRIS A NARRATIVE OF JOURNEYS IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM BETWEEN THE YEARS 1886 AND 1913. By sir E. a. WALLIS BUDGE, Kt., M.A. AND LiTT.D. Cambridge, M.A. and D.Litt. Oxford, D.LiT. Durham, F.S.A. SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF CHRIST S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND TYRWHITTHEBREW SCHOLAR. KEEPER OF THE EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM. VOLUME I. Wu/i numerous Illustrations. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1920. PREFACE. In 1907 I published a work entitled The EgyptianSudan, in which I gave some account of the history ofthat country in ancient and modern times, and a descrip-tion of the excavations which I had made on the pyramid-fields of Napata and the Island of Meroe, during theyears 1899-1905, for the Trustees of the British Museum.After the publication of that work, I decided to put onrecord, when circumstances should permit, a narrativeof my three Mibyniletigrisnarr01budguoft