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A passion for Egypt : Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun, and the "curse of the pharaohs" / Julie Hankey.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection PJ1064.W45 H36 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hankey, Julie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weigall, Arthur E. P. Brome (Arthur Edward Pearse Brome), 1880-1934.
- Weigall, Arthur E. P. Brome.
- Egyptologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Egyptologists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States distributed by St. Martin's Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This compelling biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist and Chief Inspector of Antiquities, chronicles his involvement with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb under Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. Weigall came into conflict with Carter and Carnarvon over newspaper reporting of the famous find. His remarks to the press during that time led to the infamous story of the "Curse of the Pharaohs." This biography brings to life the atmosphere, intrigue, and intense competition in Egypt during the first quarter of the 20th century.
- Contents:
- Part 1 1880-1914
- 1 'That violent hullabaloo' 3
- 2 'Select establishments' 13
- 3 From pedigrees to hieroglyphs 17
- 4 Egypt 'like a house on fire' 26
- 5 Private idyll; Howard Carter; public ideal 38
- 6 Yuya and Tuya, and Weigall 'Bashmufetish' 54
- 7 The flooding of Nubia; the Tombs of the Nobles 67
- 8 Another royal tomb: Queen Tiy? Akhnaten? 82
- 9 The Eastern Desert; 'odium archaeologicum' 98
- 10 Gaiety; Akhnaten; and Howard Carter again 110
- 11 Maspero; the Autocrat of Thebes; Akhnaten's curse 130
- 12 Alan Gardiner at Gurneh; high life in Luxor 139
- 13 'Egyptologists are themselves ... the worst vandals' 158
- 14 Breakdown; the bronze; the war for Egypt's heritage 171
- 15 Scandal, schemes, and Egyptology for Egyptians 188
- Part 2 1914-1934
- 16 From Egypt to the West End 209
- 17 Experiments in theatre and film 226
- 18 Novelist and film critic 245
- 19 Tut-ankh-Carter and TutCarnarvon 259
- 20 American lecture tour; Carter again; and divorce 275
- 21 Egyptian chronology; English monuments 292
- 22 The Old Brigade versus the moderns 310
- 23 History again: beating the Philistines 322
- 24 Shutting the door 334
- Appendix The concession allowing Theodore Davis to dig in the Valley of the Kings 345.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1860645666
- OCLC:
- 48543785
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