Consuming Ancient Egypt by Sally Macdonald

Consuming Ancient Egypt by Sally Macdonald

This work examines the influence of Ancient Egypt on the everyday lives of people, of all ages, throughout the world. It looks at the Egypt which the tourist sees, Egypt in film and Egypt as the inspiration for opera. The authors also consider how Ancient Egypt interacts with the moder world.

'the series is well organized,informative and comprehensiveThrough careful analysis of a multiplicity of sources at hand, the authors, who come from a great variety of disciplines, have presented us with a series that is at once substantial as well as engaging and innovative. An extraordinary work of synthesis, the series promises to endure as an important contribution to the study of Ancient Egypt.' Professor Ronald J Leprohon, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilisation, University of Toronto. 'The final group comprises two books. Consuming Ancient Egypt and Impotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture. The first is a departure from traditional Egyptology territory but a welcome one. Here we find papers dealing with "Mummymania" for the masses - is Egyptology cursed by the mummy's curse?" (by Carter Lupton). Similarly, El Daly asks "what do tourists learn of Egypt?" giving insight into the "tourist experience" - which is not, perhaps, the one that most Egyptologists would like to take away from the country.' Times Higher Educational Supplement, 17 December 2004

Sally MacDonald is Manager of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, UCL and a Lecturer on its Museum Studies course. Michael Rice has worked extensively in the Middle East, particularly in the Arabian peninsular states, to several of which he has acted as an Adviser. He has been responsible for the creation, design and installation of museums in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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ISBN 13	9781844720033
ISBN 10	1844720039
Title	Consuming Ancient Egypt
Author	Sally Macdonald
Series	Old Series - Do Not Use Encounters With Ancient Egypt Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	UCL Press
Year published	2003-09-09
Number of pages	256
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