Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem
Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem
Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem
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2014
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878609
Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem
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In 1820, the English traveller Sir Frederick Henniker (1793–1825) set out for Egypt, which he would explore for nearly three years. He sailed up the Nile, calling it the least romantic, but most useful of rivers , stopping off at many places along the way. His adventures were varied: he was the first known person to climb to the apex of the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, and he acquired a second-century coffin that is now in the British Museum. He claimed to have met Egypt s khedive, Muhamm