Egyptomaniacs: How We Became Obsessed with Ancient Egypt by Nicky Nielsen

Egyptomaniacs: How We Became Obsessed with Ancient Egypt

Nicky Nielsen

224 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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The Greek historian Hecataeus of Abdera declared during the 4th century BCE that the Egyptian civilization was unsurpassed in the arts and in good governance, surpassing even that of the Greeks. During the Renaissance, several ecclesiastical noble...

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