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Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser
Donald Malcolm Reid
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Description for Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser
Hardcover. The history of the struggles for control over Egypt's antiquities, and their repercussions during a period of intense national ferment. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 37. Weight in Grams: 988.
The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb, close on the heels of Britain's declaration of Egyptian independence, accelerated the growth in Egypt of both Egyptology as a formal discipline and of 'pharaonism'-popular interest in ancient Egypt-as an inspiration in the struggle for full independence. Emphasizing the three decades from 1922 until Nasser's revolution in 1952, this compelling follow-up to Whose Pharaohs? looks at the ways in which Egypt developed its own archaeologies-Islamic, Coptic, and Greco-Roman, as well as the more dominant ancient Egyptian. Each of these four archaeologies had given birth to, and grown up around, a major antiquities ... Read more
The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb, close on the heels of Britain's declaration of Egyptian independence, accelerated the growth in Egypt of both Egyptology as a formal discipline and of 'pharaonism'-popular interest in ancient Egypt-as an inspiration in the struggle for full independence. Emphasizing the three decades from 1922 until Nasser's revolution in 1952, this compelling follow-up to Whose Pharaohs? looks at the ways in which Egypt developed its own archaeologies-Islamic, Coptic, and Greco-Roman, as well as the more dominant ancient Egyptian. Each of these four archaeologies had given birth to, and grown up around, a major antiquities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774166891
SKU
V9789774166891
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About Donald Malcolm Reid
Donald Malcolm Reid is author of Whose Pharaohs? Archaeologies, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I and Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt, among other works. He is professor emeritus, Georgia State University, and affiliate professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington.
Reviews for Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser
Donald Reid is one of the most prolific scholars in the field of modern Egyptian history. His books are consistent in a number of ways: his research is extensive, and for Contesting Antiquity in Egypt, even broader than usual; his works avoid jargon; he collects amazing details on a wide range of people and he makes certain that the reader ... Read more