Elliott Colla, Conflicted antiquities.

Condition : good condition, some annotations to first few pages.
Illustrations : 14 black and white illustrations in the text.

Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. By consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology - the study of ancient Egypt and its material heritage - was as important to modern Egyptians as it was to Europeans. Colla draws on medieval and modern Arabic poetry, novels and travelogues, British and French travelogues, the history of archaeology and the history of European and Egyptian museums and exhibitions.