Egypt-Omania Our Three Thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs

Name: Egypt-Omania Our Three Thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs
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ISBN: 9781137278609

ISBN-10: 1137278609

ISBN-13: 9781137278609

Edition: 2013

Authors: Bob Brier

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The world has always been fascinated with ancient Egypt. When the Romans conquered Egypt, it was really Egypt that conquered the Romans. Cleopatra captivated both Caesar and Marc Antony and soon Roman ladies were worshipping Isis and wearing vials of Nile water around their necks. What is it about ancient Egypt that breeds such obsession and imitation? Egyptomania explores the burning fascination with all things Egyptian and the events that fanned the flames--from ancient times, to Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, to the Discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb by Howard Carter in the 1920s. For forty years, Bob Brier, one of the world’s foremost Egyptologists, has been amassing one of the largest…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.45" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Birth of a Collection



Rome and the Birth of Egyptomania



Napoleon on the Nile



How an Obelisk and a Canal Conquered France



The Amazing Voyage of Cleopatra's Needle



Egypt for Sale: Victorian Egyptomania



New York Gets Its Obelisk



The Mummies Sing Songs of the Nile



Tutankhamen, Superstar



The Mummy Goes to the Movies



The Future of Egyptomania


Notes


Bibliography


Index