Whose Pharaohs?
Subtitle: Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780520240698
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; Cultural studies; Egyptian archaeology; Museums & Museology; Social & cultural anthropology; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Middle East - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; Archaeology; History / General; Europe - General
First sentence: Westerners may find it strange that the title of this chapter juxtaposes the French genius who deciphered hieroglyphics and the less-renowned Egyptian scholar Rifaa al-Tahtawi.