Whose Pharaohs? Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I

Abstract

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Dates Introduction Part One: Imperial and National Preludes, 1798-1882 1. Rediscovering Ancient Egypt: Champollion and al-Tahtawi 2. From Explorer to Cook's Tourist 3. Egyptology under Ismail: Mariette, al-Tahtawi, and Brugsch, 1850-1882 Part Two: Imperial High Noon, Nationalist Dawn, 1882-1914 4. Cromer and the Classics: Ideological Uses of the Greco-Roman Past 5. Egyptology in the Age of Maspero and Ahmad Kamal 6. Islamic Art, Archaeology, and Orientalism: The Comite and Ali Bahgat 7. Modern Sons of the Pharaohs? Marcus Simaika and the Coptic Past Conclusion Appendix: Supplementary Tables Notes Select Bibliography Index