Egypt-omania : our three thousand year obsession with the land of the Pharaohs

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Egypt-omania : our three thousand year obsession with the land of the Pharaohs

Title remainder

our three thousand year obsession with the land of the Pharaohs

Statement of responsibility

Bob Brier

Title variation

Egyptomania

Creator

• trueBrier, Bob

Subject

• trueAncient Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.E
• trueArchaeology and history
• trueEgypt -- Antiquities
• Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C
• trueEgyptian revival (Art)
• trueEgyptology -- History
• trueModern art -- 19th century
• trueModern art -- 20th century
• trueEgypt -- History

Language

eng

Summary

Egyptomania chronicles our burning fascination for all things Egyptian and highlights events that fanned the flames -- from Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign to Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. For 50 years Bob Brier, one of the world's leading Egyptologists, has been amassing one of the largest collections of Egyptian memorabilia in the world. He shares the highlights of his travels, from mummy pencils to the 1923 hit "Old King Tut was a Wise Old Nut" and Napoleon Bonaparte's 20-volume Description de l'Egypte, perhaps the world's most lavish publication. This is an inventive and mesmerizing tour of how an ancient civilization endures in our today

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueUpbeat

Writing style

• trueEngaging

Dewey number

962

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography