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oapen-20.500.12657-257892021-11-08T10:17:37Z Conflicted Antiquities Colla, Elliott History Egyptology Arabic European Archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region::HDDG Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology—the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy—was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt’s historical sites and artifacts. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of “Pharaonism”—Egypt’s response to Europe’s Egyptomania. 2019-03-08 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:35 2020-04-01T10:49:28Z 2020-04-01T10:49:28Z 2007-01-01 book 1004300 OCN: 823850594 9780822390398 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25789 eng application/pdf n/a 1004300.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822390398 102087 10.1215/9780822390398 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822390398 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Durham, NC 102087 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology—the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy—was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt’s historical sites and artifacts. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of “Pharaonism”—Egypt’s response to Europe’s Egyptomania.
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