Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser

by Donald Malcolm Reid

Book Overview

The history of the struggles for control over Egypt's antiquities, and their repercussions, during a period of intense national ferment

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774169387
• ISBN13: 9789774169380
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.8"