Contesting antiquity in Egypt : archaeologies, museums & the struggle for identities from World War I to Nasser / Donald Malcolm Reid.

Author/creator Reid, Donald M., 1940- author.
Format Book
PublicationCairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2015.
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionxxii, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects
Egyptology--History.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt.
Egyptomania.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Egypt--History. --20th century.
Egypt--Influences and relationships. --20th century.

Contents Egyptology and Pharaonism to 1930. Egyptology and Pharaonism in Egypt before Tutankhamun -- Nationalizing Tutankhamun -- Western Egyptology in Egypt in the wake of Tutankhamun, 1922-1930 -- Egyptian Egyptology and Pharaonism in the wake of Tutankamon, 1922- 1930 -- Tourism and Islamic, Coptic, and Greco-Roman archaeologies. Consuming antiquity : Western tourism between two revolutions, 1919-1952 -- In the shadow of Egyptology Islamic art and archaeology to 1952 -- Copts and archaeology : sons of Saint Mark/sons of the pharaons -- Alexandria, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman heritage -- Egyptology and Pharaonism to Nasser's revolution. Contesting Egyptology in the 1930s -- Pharaonism and its challengers in the 1930s and 1940s -- Egyptology in the twilight of empire and monarchy, 1939-1952.
Abstract Egyptology and Pharaonism to 1930. Egyptology and Pharaonism in Egypt before Tutankhamun -- Nationalizing Tutankhamun -- Western Egyptology in Egypt in the wake of Tutankhamun, 1922-1930 -- Egyptian Egyptology and Pharaonism in the wake of Tutankamon, 1922- 1930 -- Tourism and Islamic, Coptic, and Greco-Roman archaeologies. Consuming antiquity : Western tourism between two revolutions, 1919-1952 -- In the shadow of Egyptology Islamic art and archaeology to 1952 -- Copts and archaeology : sons of Saint Mark/sons of the pharaons -- Alexandria, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman heritage -- Egyptology and Pharaonism to Nasser's revolution. Contesting Egyptology in the 1930s -- Pharaonism and its challengers in the 1930s and 1940s -- Egyptology in the twilight of empire and monarchy, 1939-1952.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 449-480) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2015301979
ISBN9789774166891 (hardback)
ISBN9774166892 (hardback)