Riggs, Christina, <br/><br/>
Treasured :  how Tutankhamun shaped a century / 
 How Tutankhamun shaped a century 
Christina Riggs. 
 - First US edition. 
 - 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-372) and index. 
<br/><br/>Discoveries -- Creation myths -- The reawakening -- Caring for the King -- Rescue and reward -- The dance of diplomacy - Land of the Twee -- Restless death -- Tourists, tombs, Tahrir -- The museum of dreams. 
<br/><br/> "A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society"--  When it was discovered in 1922, the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world; the boy king became a household name and kickstarted an international obsession that continues to this day. Riggs weaves historical analysis with tales of lives touched. But not everything glitters: tours of King Tut's treasures in the 1970s were linked to Big Oil; his mummified remains have been exploited in the name of science, and accounts of his tomb's discovery exclude Egyptian archaeologists. -- adapted from jacket 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781541701212 1541701216 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021945662 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tutankhamen, King of Egypt --Influence.<br/>Tutankhamen, King of Egypt --Tomb.<br/>Tutankhamen, King of Egypt. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Modern--Ancient influences.<br/>HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.<br/>ART / Art & Politics.<br/>Tombs.<br/>Civilisation moderne et contemporaine--Influence ancienne.<br/>HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.<br/>ART / Art & Politics.<br/>Civilization, Modern--Ancient influences.<br/>Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)<br/>Tombs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT87.5  / .R55 2021