THE EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND: TANIS, NEBESHEH (AM) AND DEFENNEH (TAHPANHES). PART II, 1886.
Book Details + Condition: Trubner and Co. (London). First Edition, 1888. Folio Hardcover (10" x 13") with paper-covered boards. 169 pages with Index, Tables and Maps. With chapters by A.H. Murray and F. LL. Griffith. Profusely illustrated with Ancient Egyptian engravings and photographs. The report is an archaeological excavation and cataloguing of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman artifacts and structures from the Ancient Egyptian cities of Tanis, Nebesheh (AM) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes). The book is divided into two parts: Part I: Tanis; Part Two: Nebesheh (AM) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes). Each part of the book is divided into two sections. The first section consists of descriptive text referenced to a series of engravings, maps and photographs located in the second section of the book. Very scarce and rare examples of engravings and photographs of mainly Ancient Egyptian artifacts, buildings, temples and statuary along Greek and Roman antiquities as well. Chapters include:
Part I: Tanis
- Alters Shrines and Stelae
- Architraves and Colossus
- The Later Ramessides
- Monuments of Si-Amen
- Pylon of Sheshonk
- Stela of Taharka
- Old Kingdom
-Middle Kingdom
- Hyksos
- Rameses II
- The Ptolemies
Part II: Nebesheh (AM) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes)
- Discovery of the Temples
- Egyptian System and Foundations
- Pylon and Statues
- Classes of Tombs
Cypriote Tombs
- Amulets
- Plan of Town
Ptolemaic Houses, Coins &c.
- Ramesside Period
- The Jewish Migration
- Hellenization of the Jews
- Nature of Kasr
- Earliest Pottery
- Classes of Painted Pottery
- Archaic Figures
- Stone Carvings and Scarabaei
- Glazed Ware
- Gold Objects
- Iron Work, Military and Civil
- Sites and Mounds
- Cemeteries
Firm binding; rubbing and discoloration to paper-covered boards; chipped spine ends, with a small bit of binding tape to bottom; foxing to first and last pages, with a few areas of toning/foxing to interior, which is otherwise clean and free of markings.
