Treasured : how Tutankhamun shaped a century /
"A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Public Affairs,
2022.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Summary: | "A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society"-- When it was discovered in 1922, the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world; the boy king became a household name and kickstarted an international obsession that continues to this day. Riggs weaves historical analysis with tales of lives touched. But not everything glitters: tours of King Tut's treasures in the 1970s were linked to Big Oil; his mummified remains have been exploited in the name of science, and accounts of his tomb's discovery exclude Egyptian archaeologists. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781541701212 1541701216 |