Sent out by Frederick William IV of Prussia, with Alexander von Humboldt’s backing, Lepsius spent three years recording the ancient monuments of the Nile valley, the Sudan and Sinai. These letters, written home from the field, follow the expedition from the pyramids south into Nubia and the ruins of Meroë, describing tombs, temples, inscriptions and the peoples met along the way.
A founding document of scientific Egyptology, written with the excitement of first discovery. Download the free EPUB.