Author(s): Charles Brasch

General NZ Military History | Secondhand

A New Zealander at Tell el Amarna - the buried city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti - a site of momentous events in ancient Egypt. Published for the first time is Charles Bbrasch's vivid and engrossing account of his seasons on the renowned 1930s archaeological dig at Tell el Amarna, and his travels in Greece, Crete, and Palestine. brasch (1909-73), who founded the eminent literary journal Landfall, was a gifted poet and an outstanding patron of the arts. His time in the Middle East was a profound stimulus to his imagination; now readers can be at the shoulder of this distinguished writer as he explores a crucible of history.