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.
| ISBN: | 9789774169939 |
| Publication date: | 6th October 2020 |
| Author: | Jason Thompson |
| Publisher: | The American University in Cairo Press an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 376 pages |
| Genres: |
African history Ancient history Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology |