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  BRITISH EGYPTOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

  KATHLEEN L. SHEPPARD

  While there had technically been people studying the ancient Egyptian world since around 400 BCE, the first Western scholars arrived in Egypt the medieval period. It was in 1798 though that the French under Napoleon invaded Egypt not only with an army of soldiers but with an army of scholars, which resulted in the truly epic Description de l’Egypte (1809-1822). Not to be outdon...

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  BRITISH EGYPTOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

  KATHLEEN L. SHEPPARD

  Throughout the professionalization of Egyptology in the nineteenth century, there were several debates that raged: the purpose of the pyramids, and who built them; the meaning of hieroglyphs; the styling of statues and artwork on tomb and temple walls; and the history of ancient Egypt, especially in its relation to Christendom. As hieroglyphs became readable through deciphermen...

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  BRITISH EGYPTOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

  KATHLEEN L. SHEPPARD

  As the general public in Britain read about Egypt’s history, visited collections, and viewed the material remains of a past that had not yet been uncovered by Western scholars, the mysterious nature of Egypt’s past became fertile ground for literary imaginations. Called Egyptomania by some scholars, the public excitement and interest in ancient Egypt ebbed and flowed throughout...

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  BRITISH EGYPTOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

  KATHLEEN L. SHEPPARD

  The earliest collections of Egyptian artifacts were those pieces taken by the Roman empire. There are more Egyptian obelisks in Rome today than there are left in Egypt. In the nineteenth century, British collections were built by the same people whose work comprises volume two. They began as private collections, meant as status symbols usually for the wealthy, or for those who ...

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