Egypt and the Pharaohs[埃及法老王]

ThearchaeologicaldiscoveriesofEgypt,thedevelopmentalstagesinunderstandingEgyptiancivilisation,andthereconstructionofthehistoryofthePharaohsthroughoriginalandunpublisheddocuments.ThisrichlyillustratedpublicationpresentsthereconstructionofthehistoryofthePharaohsandtheirpeoplethroughoriginaldocumentsandobservationsbysomeofthemostfamousEgyptologistsofthepresentandthepast.TheauthorstracethehistoryofthespreadofthemythofEgyptandthebirthofEgyptologyanddescribethegreatestarchaeologicaldiscoveriesbetweenthefirstdecadesofthenineteenthcenturyandthoseoftheearlytwentiethcentury,tothegoldofTutankhamenandthesilverofthePharaohsofTanis.AlargesectionofthebookretracesthehistoryofthefirstphotographersinEgypt,thefirstaerialphotographs,photographicexperimentationandthespreadofphotographictechniquesappliedtoarchaeology.AhighlyuniquechapterisdedicatedtoEgyptsluckinmodernculture:frompaintingtothedecorativearts,tosatireandthespreadofEgyptomaniaintwentieth-centurymagazines.Thepublicationalsocontainsaglimpseintothefuture:computerapplicationsandmodernmethodsforpreservingthearchival,photographicandbibliographicheritage.AmustforenthusiastsofancientEgyptandthehistoryofEgyptology,butalsoapublicationforcollectors,bibliophilesandthoseinterestedintheantiquephotographyandhistoryofculture.