Dialogues with the dead Egyptology in British culture and religion, 1822-1922 /

This title shows how Egyptology's development over the century that followed the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script in 1822 can only be understood through its intimate entanglement with the historical, scientific, and religious contentions which defined the era.

Main Author: Gange, David,
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Classical presences.
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Summary: This title shows how Egyptology's development over the century that followed the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script in 1822 can only be understood through its intimate entanglement with the historical, scientific, and religious contentions which defined the era.
Item Description: This title shows how Egyptology's development over the century that followed the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script in 1822 can only be understood through its intimate entanglement with the historical, scientific, and religious contentions which defined the era.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9780191752100