Conflicted Antiquities Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity

Name: Conflicted Antiquities Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
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ISBN: 9780822339922

ISBN-10: 0822339927

ISBN-13: 9780822339922

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elliott Colla

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"Conflicted Antiquities" is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology--the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy--was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.20" wide x 8.75" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room



The Artifaction of the Memnon Head


Ozymandias



Conflicted Antiquities: Islam's Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology


The Antiqakhana



Pharaonic Selves


Two Pharaohs



The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, Literature


Nahdat Misr



Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index