At the turn of the millennium, Egypt prepared for a vast New Year celebration on the Giza Plateau, amidst rumors about the Masonic symbolism of the planned party. At the same time, Egyptologists were excavating the tombs of the pyramid builders of Giza and billing these as proof that the pyramids were built by Egyptian nationals, not Israelite slaves. Both were topics of fierce local political debate about the external appropriation of Egypt's national monuments. Based on ethnographic research in Giza and Cairo and analysis of popular publications by and about Egyptologists, this article explores the links between Egyptology, Egyptian nationalism, and theories about the labor force that built the pyramids. It shows how debates over pyramid ...
During the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1775-1550 BC) period, Egypt was politically and culturall...
This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War through a case study in the mak...
Egyptology has been dominated by the large quantity of written and pictorial material available. Thi...
The publication of this special issue of the Journal of Egyptian History intends to explore the plac...
Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt...
Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, ...
Were Egypt's pyramids really built by slaves to be the tombs of the pharaohs? Most scholars believed...
First published in 2014, but (c) 2015.Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egypt...
Egypt's rich and celebrated ancient past has served many causes throughout history--in both Egypt an...
Empire of Dust tells the intertwined story of Egypt and Egyptian archaeology in the nineteenth centu...
The great pyramids of Giza are famous emblems of ancient Egyptian civilization, but until recently l...
Egyptology is today the study of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians living around the monuments, when not ...
Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to ...
An ethnography of Arab and Western tourism in Egypt that explores nationalism, identity, gender, cla...
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspirati...
During the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1775-1550 BC) period, Egypt was politically and culturall...
This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War through a case study in the mak...
Egyptology has been dominated by the large quantity of written and pictorial material available. Thi...
The publication of this special issue of the Journal of Egyptian History intends to explore the plac...
Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt...
Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, ...
Were Egypt's pyramids really built by slaves to be the tombs of the pharaohs? Most scholars believed...
First published in 2014, but (c) 2015.Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egypt...
Egypt's rich and celebrated ancient past has served many causes throughout history--in both Egypt an...
Empire of Dust tells the intertwined story of Egypt and Egyptian archaeology in the nineteenth centu...
The great pyramids of Giza are famous emblems of ancient Egyptian civilization, but until recently l...
Egyptology is today the study of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians living around the monuments, when not ...
Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to ...
An ethnography of Arab and Western tourism in Egypt that explores nationalism, identity, gender, cla...
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspirati...
During the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1775-1550 BC) period, Egypt was politically and culturall...
This article examines geographies of decolonization and the Cold War through a case study in the mak...
Egyptology has been dominated by the large quantity of written and pictorial material available. Thi...