Egyptomaniacs
Nielsen, Nicky2020
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The Greek historian Hecataeus of Abdera declared during the 4th century BCE that the Egyptian civilization was unsurpassed in the arts and in good governance, surpassing even that of the Greeks. During the Renaissance, several ecclesiastical nobles, including the Borgia Pope Alexander VI claimed their descent from the Egyptian god Osiris. In the 1920s, the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings prompted one of the first true media frenzies in history. For thousands of years, the Pharaonic culture has been a source of almost endless fascination and obsession. But to what extent is the popular view of ancient Egypt at all accurate? Egyptologist Dr Nicky Nielsen examines the popular view of Egypt as an exotic, esoteric, mystical culture obsessed with death and overflowing with mummies and pyramids.
Main title:
Egyptomaniacs / Nicky Nielsen.
Author:
Nielsen, Nicky, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526754011 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2527563
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