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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960755303321

Titolo

Consuming ancient Egypt / / edited by Sally MacDonald and Michael Rice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology

Portland, Or., : Cavendish Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-315-43171-8

1-315-43172-6

1-315-43173-4

1-59874-757-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Encounters with ancient Egypt

Altri autori (Persone)

MacDonaldSally

RiceMichael <1928->

Disciplina

932

932.01 22

Soggetti

Civilization - Egyptian influences

Egyptology

Egypt Antiquities

Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Editor's Foreword; Contents; Contirbutors; List of Figures; 1. Introduction - Tea with a Mummy: the consumer's View of Egypt's Immemorial Appeal; 2. 'Mummymania' for the Masses - is Egyptology Cursed by the Mummy's Curse?; 3. How to Stage Aida; 4. Vicent Lleo's Operetta: La Corte de Faraon; 5. Egypt in Hollywood: Pharaohs of the Fifties; 6. Lost in Time and Space: Ancient Egypt in Museums; 7. 'Acquisitions of the British Museum, 1998'; 8. Selling Egypt: Encounters at Kahn el-Khalili; 9. Egypt's Past Regenerated by its Own People; 10. What do Tourists Learn of Egypt?

11. 'Wonderful Things': Publishing Egypt in Word and Image12. Hijaking Images: Ancient Egypt in French Commercial Advertising; 13. Alternative Egypts; 14. Ancient Egypt on the Small Screen - from Fact to



Faction in the UK; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation