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Author Brier, Bob.

Title Egypt-omania : our three thousand year obsession with the land of the Pharaohs / Bob Brier.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave/MacMillan, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  932.0072 BRIER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  932 B76E    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  932 B853EA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xix, 229 pages, 24 un-numbered pages of plates : illustration (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Contents Birth of a collection -- Rome and the birth of Egyptomania -- Napoleon on the Nile -- How an obelisk and a canal conquered France -- The amazing voyage of Cleopatra's needle -- Egypt for sale : Victorian Egyptomania -- New York gets its obelisk -- The mummies sing songs of the Nile -- Tutankhamen, superstar -- The mummy goes to the movies -- The future of Egyptomania.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Egypt -- History.
Egypt.
Added Title Egyptomania
ISBN 9781137278609 hardback
1137278609 hardback
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