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The rape of the Nile, tomb robbers, tourists, and archaeologists in Egypt, Brian Fagan

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The rape of the Nile, tomb robbers, tourists, and archaeologists in Egypt, Brian Fagan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rape of the Nile

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Brian Fagan

Sub title

tomb robbers, tourists, and archaeologists in Egypt

Table Of Contents

I: Tombs and treasure -- Plundering the pharaohs -- The first tourists -- "Mummy is become merchandise" -- Napoléon on the Nile -- II: The great Belzoni -- The Patagonian Sampson -- The young Memnon -- "Mummies were rather unpleasant to swallow" -- "Pyramidical brains" -- High jinks at Philae -- "A multitude of collateral curiosities" -- III: Birth of a science -- Decipherment -- Artists and archaeologists -- "In the British museum he is placed beyond the reach of all such evils" -- "A boating-trip interspersed with ruins" -- Science and the small artifact -- "Wonderful things."

Target audience

adult

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