📱 eBook en inglés NIEBUHR IN EGYPT

When Roger H. Guichard Jr. discovered a French translation of the works of Carsten Niebuhr, sole survivor of the 1761-1767 Royal Danish Expedition to the Yemen, he was astounded. They were not just another dry account of one mans travels, but represented the record of a serious intellectual enterprise involving Enlightenment science, sacred philology, the Bible as history, Orientalism, Egyptology, and discovery. Having translated them from French to English, and then cross-referenced his translations with the original German texts, Niebuhr in Egypt is not, as one might expect, simply a presentation of his translation. Instead Guichard offers his readers an account of the expeditions year in Egypt, with lengthy excursions into the several subplots- Enlightenment science, the Bible as history, and Egyptology - that he found so engaging in the original works. This is not a scholarly work but would appeal to anyone with an interest in any of the areas mentioned or simply to anyone interested in this countrys past and present.