Pharaohs Fellahs And Explorers

This is a book about Amelia Edwards, an Egyptologist who campaigned for the Egypt Exploration Fund. Edwards traveled to Egypt in 1873 and 1889-90, and gave lectures on the country to 100,000 people in sixteen states. This book is a compilation of her lectures, with substantial illustrations, additions, notes, and references.

'If modern Egypt is so far away that it takes three weeks to get there, ancient Egypt is infinitely more distant.' So wrote novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards (1831-92) in this, the last published work of her career. Having first travelled to Egypt in 1873, in 1889-90 Edwards was invited to lecture in the United States, campaigning for the Egypt Exploration Fund, of which she was joint honorary secretary. In five months she addressed 100,000 people at over 110 meetings in sixteen states. First published in 1892, a month before her death, this book is a collection of her lectures, containing substantial illustrations, additions, notes, and references. Exhibiting both Edwards' ability to make abstruse subjects come alive without losing factual correctness, and the humour and enthusiasm with which she recounted her experiences, this book marks the culmination of twenty years' research and exploration.