ISBN: 0330023039
Godina izdanja: 1972
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Leonard Cottrell - The Lost Pharaohs
Pan, London, 1972
219 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

Introduces the lay reader to interesting aspects of the ancient civilization of the Nile and recent developments in Egyptology.

1922. The Tomb of Tutankhamun. A candle flame flickers on treasures that have lain in darkness for 3,250 years. Lord `Can you see anything?` Howard `Yes . . . wonderful things!` Carter did, indeed, stumble on wonderful things. Here is one of the world`s most exciting detective stories, told by a master Egyptologist, filled with the adventures of those who first unraveled the mysteries of ancient Egypt. While no one may ever uncover all the secrets behind the Pyramids and Sphinx, modern archeologists can tell us something about the strange and fascinating people who built them. The Lost Pharaohs takes you on an unforgettable journey along the Nile, revisiting a civilization that has vanished and been recaptured on these pages.
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Leonard Eric Cottrell was a prolific and popular British author and journalist. Many of his books were popularizations of the archaeology of ancient Egypt.

Leonard Cottrell was born in 1913 in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, to William and Beatrice Cottrell (née Tootell). His father inspired his interest in history from a very young age. At King Edward`s Grammar School, Birmingham, Leonard was notably only interested in English and history, in which he read widely.

In the 1930s, Cottrell toured the English countryside on his motorcycle, visiting prehistoric stone circles, burial mounds of the Bronze Age, medieval and Renaissance monuments. On those journeys, he was often accompanied by Doris Swain, whom he later married. After gaining experience writing articles on historical subjects for motoring magazines, he wrote his first documentary for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1937.

Cottrell was rejected by the RAF during World War II for medical reasons, but he joined the BBC in 1942 and was stationed in the Mediterranean with the RAF in 1944, as a war correspondent. His wartime experiences formed the basis of his book All Men are Neighbours (1947). He worked at the BBC until 1960, when he resigned and moved to a house overlooking the estuary of the River Kent in Westmoreland, Cumbria, where he stayed for the rest of his life, writing.

Among other achievements, Cottrell was the editor of the Concise Encyclopaedia of Archaeology (1965).

He was married and divorced twice, first to Doris Swain (divorced 1962) and Diana Bonakis (married 1965; divorced 1968). He had no children by either marriage.

Leonard Cottrell died on 6 October 1974.

Contents:
Ch. 1. The land and its history
ch. 2. Arrival of the Egyptologist
ch. 3. Retreat of the frontier
ch. 4. Origin of the pyramids
ch. 5. How and why they were built
ch. 6. Mother of Cheops
ch. 7. `Thebes of the hundred gates`
ch. 8. `City of the dead`
ch. 9. The royal valley
ch. 10. The lost pharaohs
ch. 11. The greatest discovery
ch. 12. `All the world wondered`
ch. 13. Journey to Akhetaten
ch. 14. City of the Sun-King
ch. 15. The future of Egyptology


Nonfiction, History, Archaeology, 0330023039, Stari Egipat