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Contesting Antiquity in Egypt - Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser (Paperback)
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Contesting Antiquity in Egypt - Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser (Paperback)
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The sensational discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb, close on
the heels of Britain's declaration of Egyptian independence,
accelerated the growth in Egypt of both Egyptology as a formal
discipline and of 'pharaonism'-popular interest in ancient Egypt-as
an inspiration in the struggle for full independence. Emphasizing
the three decades from 1922 until Nasser's revolution in 1952, this
compelling follow-up to Whose Pharaohs? looks at the ways in which
Egypt developed its own archaeologies-Islamic, Coptic, and
Greco-Roman, as well as the more dominant ancient Egyptian. Each of
these four archaeologies had given birth to, and grown up around, a
major antiquities museum in Egypt. Later, Cairo, Alexandria, and
Ain Shams universities joined in shaping these fields. Contesting
Antiquity in Egypt brings all four disciplines, as well as the
closely related history of tourism, together in a single engaging
framework. Throughout this semi-colonial era, the British fought a
prolonged rearguard action to retain control of the country while
the French continued to dominate the Antiquities Service, as they
had since 1858. Traditional accounts highlight the role of European
and American archaeologists in discovering and interpreting Egypt's
long past. Donald Reid redresses the balance by also paying close
attention to the lives and careers of often-neglected Egyptian
specialists. He draws attention not only to the contests between
westerners and Egyptians over the control of antiquities, but also
to passionate debates among Egyptians themselves over pharaonism in
relation to Islam and Arabism during a critical period of nascent
nationalism. Drawing on rich archival and published sources,
extensive interviews, and material objects ranging from statues and
murals to photographs and postage stamps, this comprehensive study
by one of the leading scholars in the field will make fascinating
reading for scholars and students of Middle East history,
archaeology, politics, and museum and heritage studies, as well as
for the interested lay reader.
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