William Kennet Loftus: a 19th-Century Archaeologist in Mesopotamia
Letters transcribed and introduced by John Curtis
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2023
British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) (Verlag)
978-0-903472-41-8 (ISBN)
British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) (Verlag)
978-0-903472-41-8 (ISBN)
This book gathers together hitherto unpublished letters from William Kennett Loftus (1820–1858) to friends and relatives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Loftus is regarded, alongside his contemporary Austen Henry Layard, as one of the foremost British archaeologists of the Victorian period
John Curtis OBE was a curator in the British Museum for more than 40 years and was Keeper of the Middle East department from 1989 until 2011. He has travelled widely and excavated in both Iraq and Iran and has published extensively on the history and archaeology of both areas. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003 and is currently President of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.09.2023 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-903472-41-4 / 0903472414 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-903472-41-8 / 9780903472418 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Softcover (2024)
Pantheon (Verlag)
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