Passion for Egypt

Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun and the 'Curse of the Pharaohs'

AvJulie Hankey

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Beskrivning

The biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist who was involved in the exploration and conservation of the monuments and antiquities of a region stretching from Luxor to the Sudan border.At a time when Egypt was being ransacked by private collectors and the agents of Western museums, it was said that, without Weigall, much more would have been lost altogether - most notably, the wall paintings in the Tombs of the Nobles. The enthusiasm and energy of the man and of the books and articles he wrote played a large part in popularising Egypt and Egyptology, and in promoting the then radical view that Egypt's antiquities belonged to the Egyptians. When, in 1922, Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered by his old colleague Howard Carter, Weigall came into open conflict with Carter's patron, Lord Carnarvon, for his handling of the question of rights in the tomb, and for his sale of information from it to the London Times. Following Carnarvon's premature death in Egypt, it was Weigall's remarks to the press that led to the notorious story of the 'Curse of the Pharaohs': a myth that persists to this day.Weigall had many talents: he also designed theatre scenery, made films and wrote novels. But his real legacy derives from his passion for Egypt, both ancient and modern - a passion that informs the whole of his compelling story.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-09-27
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857715555
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Julie Hankey is the granddaughter of Arthur Weigall and has had access to previously unseen private papers in researching his life.

Recensioner i media

The picture which emerges from A Passion for Egypt is as sympathetic as it is vivid ..it succeeds in recapturing a man who was both endearing and an enfant terrible...the varied aspects of a complex man are brought together, and the result is eloquent and altogether benign.

Innehållsförteckning

Part One 1880 - 19141 'that violent hullabaloo'2 'select establishments'3 From pedigrees to hieroglyphs4 Egypt 'like a house on fire'5 Private idyll; Howard Carter; public ideal6 Yuya and Tuya, and Weigall 'Bashmufetish'7 The flooding of Nubia; the Tombs of the Nobles8 Another royal tomb: Queen Tiy? Akhnaten?9 The Eastern Desert; 'odium archaeologicum'10 Gaiety; Akhnaten; and Howard Carter again11 Maspero; the Autocrat of Thebes; Akhnaten's curse12 Alan Gardiner at Gurneh; high life in Luxor13 'Egyptologists are themselves... the worst vandals'14 Breakdown; the bronze; the war for Egypt's heritage15 Scandal, schemes, and Egyptology for EgyptiansPart Two 1914 - 193416 From Egypt to the West End17 Experiments in theatre and film18 Novelist and film critic19 Tut-ankh-Carter and TutCarnarvon20 American lecture tour; Carter again; and divorce21 Egyptian chronology; English monuments22 The Old Brigade versus the moderns23 History again: beating the Philistines24 Shutting the doorAppendix: the concession allowing Theodore Davis to dig in the Valley of the KingsSourcesNotes and ReferencesIndex