The Monuments of Egypt and Nubia

Ippolito Rosellini (Illustrator); Franco Serino (Editor)

Following the Napoleonic military campaign in Egypt (1798-1801), Europe rediscovered the ancient Egyptian civilization, and later expeditions deepened and amplified knowledge of the country's archaeological monuments, giving birth to a new science, Egyptology, which is still very active. In 1828, Charle...