A passion for Egypt : Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun, and the "curse of the pharaohs" /: Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun, and the "curse of the pharaohs". (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julie Hankey.
• Other Names: Hankey, Julie
• Contents: Part One 1880-1914: 'that violent hullabaloo' -- 'select establishments' -- From pedigrees to hieroglyphs -- Egypt 'like a house on fire' -- Private idyll; Howard Carter; public ideal -- Yuya and Tuya, and Weigall 'Bashmufetish' -- The flooding of Nubia; the Tombs of the Nobles -- Another royal tomb: Queen Tiy? Akhnaten? -- The eastern desert; 'odium archaeologicum' -- Gaiety; Akhnaten; and Howard Carter again -- Maspero; the Autocrat of Thebes; Akhnaten's curse -- Alan Gardiner at Gurneh; high life in Luxor -- 'Egyptologists are themselves ... the worst vandals' -- Breakdown; the bronze; the war for Egypt's heritage -- Scandal, schemes, and Egyptology for Egyptians. Part Two 1914-1934: From Egypt to the West End -- Experiments in theater and film -- Novelist and film critic -- Tut-ankh-Carter and TutCarnarvon -- American lecture tour; Carter again; and divorce -- Egyptian chronology; English monuments -- The old brigade versus the moderns -- History again: beating the Philistines -- Shutting the door -- Appendix: the concession allowing Theodore Davis to dig in the Valley of the Kings.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris In the United States ... distributed by St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 380 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 930.0072092; Egyptologists -- Great Britain -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical; HISTORY -- Ancient -- General; Egyptologists; Biografie; Egyptologie; Archeologie; Egyptologists -- England; Electronic books; Great Britain; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1417532327; 9781417532322; 9780857715555; 0857715550
• Related ISBNs: 1860645666; 9781860645662
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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