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

• Pubblicazione: London, : UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology; Portland, Or., : Cavendish Pub., 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 932; 932.01 22
• Soggetto topico: Civilization - Egyptian influences; Egyptology
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Antiquities; Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C
• Altri autori: MacDonaldSally RiceMichael <1928->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Consuming ancient Egypt
• ISBN: 1-315-43171-8; 1-315-43172-6; 1-315-43173-4; 1-59874-757-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960755303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)