Bulletin of the Association for the Study of Travel in
Egypt and the Near East: Notes and Queries
No. 7 April 1999
Contents
ASTENE Calendar 2; ASTENE Information 3; Third Travellers in
Egypt and the Near East Conference, Newnham College, Cambridge Draft Programme,
15-18 July 1999 4; Papers accepted for the ASTENE Conference 6; Connections with
Cambridge 7; Recent ASTENE Event: A Soirée with the Sarcophagus 8; Forthcoming
ASTENE Events 8; Prints, Paintings, photos, maps, manuscripts 8; Vivant Denon
Exhibition in Paris 8; Vivant Denon and Romanticism 9; Itineraries to Jerusalem
9; A Recent Conference 9; Forthcoming Exhibitions 10; Edward
Falkener: a Victorian Orientalist 10; L'Abito per il Corpo, il Corpo per l'Abito,
Islam e Occidente a Confronto 10; Explorer l'Égypte et la Nubie au début
du XIXe siècle 10; Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment 11;
Forthcoming Conferences 11; Writing the Journey 11; Visual Encounters
11; Seuils et traverses 12; Lecture Programmes 12; British Museum's Arab World
Education Programme 12; Travellers and Texts Seminar at Oxford 12; Cultural and
Education Bureau of the Egyptian Embassy 12; Exchanges 13; Useful
Websites 13; News 13; ASTENE Publications 13; Obituary:
Prof. C. Beckingham (1915-1999) 14; Queries 14; Travel Writing
as a Source of Geographical Information 15; A Giraffe for a King 17; Copyright:
an Open Question 18; Letters to a Friend 19; Research Resources 20;
Corvey Travel Archive at Sheffield Hallam University 20; Italian Resources 20;
Duke Humfrey's Library, Oxford 20; National Museum of Ireland in Dublin 20; British
Library 20; Palestine Exploration Fund 21; Skilliter Centre, Newnham College 21;
Interesting and Amusing Snippets 23; Abu Simbel--night in the temple (1862) 23;
Excerpt from The Bertrams 24; The First Egyptian Society 24; Book
Reviews 24; Titles of Publications Submitted to Astene 27; Books 30