{"product_id":"treasure-of-meroe-ferlini-1837","title":"The Treasure of Meroë: Ferlini's Account of His Excavations in Nubia (1837)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1834 Giuseppe Ferlini, an Italian army doctor serving with Muhammad Ali's forces in Sudan, tore down the pyramids of Meroë looking for gold. At the top of Queen Amanishakheto's pyramid he found it: armlets, rings and jewellery of gold and enamel, now in Munich, Berlin and the British Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Ferlini's own account, published in Bologna in 1837, now complete in English. It includes his story of the excavations, his catalogue of all 155 objects he took, and the original engraved plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition adds:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean introduction on the damage he did, who made it possible, where the treasure went and what became of him;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCailliaud's 1821 drawings of the pyramids before Ferlini;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ephotographs of the gold today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Italian original. Machine-translated, then checked and corrected against the source.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giuseppe Ferlini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67566480916728,"sku":"EN-900110","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/treasure-of-meroe-ferlini-cover.jpg?v=1791090679","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/products\/treasure-of-meroe-ferlini-1837","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}