Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology, Volume 1: From

Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology, Volume 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
Brand Bloomsbury
Manufacturer The American University in Cairo Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25 bw
ReleaseDate 2015-04-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9789774165993

Country	USA
Brand	Bloomsbury
Manufacturer	The American University in Cairo Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25 bw
ReleaseDate	2015-04-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789774165993

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