Consuming Ancient Egypt

MACDONALD Sally - RICE Michael (editors)

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UCL Press, London, 2003. First edition. In-8, xvi & 239 pages. Original softcover, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: Tea with a mummy: the consumer's view of Egypt's immemorial appeal / Michael Rice and Sally MacDonald -- 'Mummymania' for the masses: is Egyptology cursed by the mummy's curse? / Carter Lupton -- How to stage Aida / Jean-Marcel Humbert ; translated by Daniel Antoine and Lawrence Stewart Owens -- Vicent Lleo_'s operetta: La corte de faraón / Covadonga Sevilla Cueva -- Egypt in Hollywood: pharaohs of the fifties / Sam Serafy -- Lost in time and space: ancient Egypt in museums / Sally MacDonald -- 'Acquisitions at the British Museum, 1998' / Julian Walker -- Selling Egypt: encounters at Khan el-Khalili / Fekri A. Hassan -- Egypt's past regenerated by its own people / Fayza Haikal -- What do tourists learn of Egypt? / Okasha El Daly -- 'Wonderful things': publishing Egypt in word and image / Andrew Wheatcroft -- Hijacked images: ancient Eegypt in French commercial advertising / Bernadette Schnitzler -- Alternative Egypts / Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince -- Ancient Egypt on the small screen: from fact to fiction in the UK / Tim Schadla-Hall and Genny Morris. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Society & Economy.

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• Title: Consuming Ancient Egypt
• Language: English
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