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A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology

by Toby Wilkinson

A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and internat

Publisher

Picador

Publication date

2020-11-07

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ISBN

9781509858712