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Treasured : how Tutankhamun shaped a century / Christina Riggs.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Public Affairs, 2022Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First US editionDescription: 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541701212
  • 1541701216
Other title:
  • How Tutankhamun shaped a century
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT87.5 .R55 2021
Contents:
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.
Summary: "A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society"-- Provided by publisherSummary: 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 jacketOther editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Riggs, Christina. Treasured.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-372) and index.

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.

"A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society"-- Provided by publisher

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

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