Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte

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Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte is an influential early 19th-century illustrated travel account of Egypt that helped spark European Egyptology and popular fascination with ancient Egyptian civilization.

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instanceOf illustrated book
non-fiction book
travel book
work about Egypt
associatedWith French expedition to Egypt NERFINISHED
Institut d'Égypte NERFINISHED
author Dominique Vivant Denon NERFINISHED
centuryOfPublication 19th century
contains engravings
maps
plates
countryOfOrigin France
describes Egyptian antiquities
Egyptian daily life
Islamic Cairo NERFINISHED
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign NERFINISHED
documents ancient Egyptian reliefs
architectural details of temples
hieroglyphic inscriptions
firstEditionPlace Paris NERFINISHED
focusesOn Nile Valley NERFINISHED
ancient Egyptian monuments
ancient Egyptian temples
ancient Egyptian tombs
genre Egyptology literature
travel literature
hasPart two volumes
hasTranslation English
German
historicalPeriodDescribed late 18th century Egypt
illustratedBy Dominique Vivant Denon NERFINISHED
influenced 19th-century travel writing about Egypt
Romantic Orientalism
early European Egyptology
popular fascination with ancient Egypt in Europe
languageOfWorkOrName French
mainSubject Egypt NERFINISHED
Lower Egypt NERFINISHED
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed engravings of ancient sites
early visual record of Egyptian monuments
role in disseminating knowledge of Egypt in Europe
originalLanguage French
publicationYear 1802
publisher Didot NERFINISHED
timeOfCreation Napoleonic campaign in Egypt NERFINISHED
titleTranslation Travels in Lower and Upper Egypt NERFINISHED

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Dominique Vivant Denon notableWork Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte