Merrell Wrote:
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> At a subsequent point, it also emerged that
> Wilkinson's 1837 edition of Manners and
> Customs didn't
> [url=http://grahamhancock.com/phorum/read.php?1,10
> 50359,1051964#msg-1051964]get into the
> bookshops[/url] until early 1838.

Do you expect us to believe this simply because Stower said so?
Stower is not qualified to make this judgement. Being without a higher education or a relevant work history his opinion is consigned to the riff raff of the internet.

What is implied by you and psycho Warty is that Wilkinson's (and other antiquarians) observations, drawings, opinions, letters and minor publications were kept under lock and key until a book was published. That Wilkinson and others DID not, and WOULD not, convey their discoveries to others until their book was published.

You seem unaware that letter writing was the mode of communication, that letters were frequently read aloud to various organizations as a source of news, that letters were flying between antiquarians.

You are also unaware of Vyse's connection to the British Museum and to those who had more than a glancing interest in Egyptian antiquities. It appears you do not know of Vyse's connection to Cullimore, a prominent antiquarian at the time, as well as Hamilton and others.

However, it's possible you are aware of communications between Egypt, London and Malta, but are unwilling to acknowledge the abundant communications of the times.