A pioneer of British Egyptology‎,‎ Sir John Gardner Wilkinson ‎(‎1797‎-1875‎)‎ first travelled to Egypt in 1821‎,‎ the year before Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone‎.‎ As public interest in Egypt grew‎,‎ Wilkinson studied and sketched the country‎'‎s major archaeological sites‎,‎ most notably the tombs of Thebes‎.‎ His celebrated Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt ‎(‎1835‎)‎ and Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians ‎(‎1837‎)‎ are also reissued in this series‎.‎ A remodelled and enlarged version of the former work‎,‎ this two‎-volume guide of 1843 not only gives practical advice for the contemporary traveller‎,‎ but also provides modern readers with a vivid snapshot of Egypt in the middle of the nineteenth century‎.‎ Volume 1 includes a host of recommendations‎,‎ such as which ships to take and which hotels to stay in‎,‎ as well as a long list of useful items‎,‎ including fez caps and Turkish slippers‎.‎