Audrey Wrote:
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> 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.

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> 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.

In 1837, Wilkinson was in England, preparing "Manners and Customs" for its first publication (the book did not get to the shops until early 1838), while Vyse, as we know, was in Egypt. Waghorn was still in the process of trying to set up a more efficient mail route. In 1837, the Post Office were running a monthly service from Falmouth, although mail sent from London to Alexandria via the Peninsular Steam Company service might take 12 days (by the end of 1839, mail from London to Alexandria was taking on average about a fortnight).

The postal charges were very heavy.

It is doubtful if either "flying" or "abundance" would be the first terms to spring to mind in connection with either the Post Office or Peninsular Steam Company service.