Item Griffith MSS 2.2 - Hand-copy (two versions) by Amelia Edwards of hieratic graffito of Wen(ta)wat, temp. Ramesses VII(?) at Abu Simbel (TopBib vii.98(4)

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Griffith MSS 2.2

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Hand-copy (two versions) by Amelia Edwards of hieratic graffito of Wen(ta)wat, temp. Ramesses VII(?) at Abu Simbel (TopBib vii.98(4)

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Two pages in envelope containing Griffith MSS 2.1-2

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(1856-1892)

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British author and Egyptologist. Born, London 1831. Died, Westbury-on-Trym 1892. Displayed an early talent for writing, drawing, and opera singing. She pursued a career in journalism, wrote several novels, and also edited art and history publications. During this time she fostered a great interest in Egyptology, which led to her studying hieroglyphs. She visited Egypt in 1873-4, after which she wrote her most renowned publication A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (1877). She founded the Egypt Exploration Fund along with R. S. Poole and Sir E. Wilson, its aim being to excavate and preserve monuments. She gave up all her other interests so that she could concentrate on being the EEF's Secretary and to publicize its cause. She wrote numerous articles including excavation reports. In her will she left provision for the establishment of the first chair of Egyptian archaeology in England, which was at University College London, its first holder being Flinders Petrie.

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  • Edwards, Amelia B., A thousand miles up the Nile (1877), plate opposite p. 506.

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