Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity

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Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity to 1881

The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later. This, the first of a three-volume survey of the history of Egyptology, follows the fascination with ancient Egypt from antiquity until 1881, tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so. Only by understanding how Egyptology has developed can we truly understand the Egyptian past.

Country	USA
Author	Jason Thompson
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9789774165993
Edition	1
ISBN	9774165993
Label	The American University in Cairo Press
Manufacturer	The American University in Cairo Press
MPN	25 bw
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	352
PartNumber	25 bw
PublicationDate	2015-03-27
Publisher	The American University in Cairo Press
Studio	The American University in Cairo Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity to 1881