The Temple of Mut in Asher: An Account of the Excavation of the Temple and of the Religious Representations and Objects Found Therein, as Illustrating . (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology)

Benson, Margaret; Gourlay, Janet

ISBN 10: 1108076173 / ISBN 13: 9781108076173

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

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• Title: The Temple of Mut in Asher: An Account of the Excavation of the Temple and of the Religious Representations and Objects Found Therein, as Illustrating . (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108076173
• ISBN 13: 9781108076173
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Margaret Benson (1865–1916), the fourth of six children of the archbishop of Canterbury E. W. Benson, was a brilliant scholar at Oxford who found an escape from the conventional life of housekeeping for her father when she travelled to Egypt for her health in 1895. She obtained permission to excavate a site, of which she candidly admits that the authorities had no expectations (or they would not have entrusted it to such inexperienced amateurs). She and her close friend Janet Gourlay (1863–1912), who had briefly studied archaeology under Flinders Petrie, published this account of their discoveries at the temple of Mut at Karnak in 1899. It contains an overview of the site and its context in Egyptian history, with an account of the three seasons of excavation and a section on Egyptian religion. The highly illustrated book concludes with translations of the many inscriptions found in the temple remains.

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Margaret Benson (1865-1916), a brilliant scholar, found an escape from her conventional life when she was granted permission to excavate in Egypt in 1895. She and her close friend Janet Gourlay (1863-1912) published this account of their discoveries at the temple of Mut at Karnak in 1899.