ANTHROP 2PC3 Lecture Notes - Flinders Petrie, Rosetta Stone, Egyptian Hall
12 Jul 2014
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March 3, 2014: large amount of movies about egypt and other forms of pop culture, stargate, indiana jones, the mummy and the mummy returns, tomb raider (video game) 118 films in the atht filmography: 36 refer to egypt, fox tv: 1999 opening of the lost tombs live from, egypt 29. 5 million viewers. An important step toward bringing the science of archaeology to a mass audience - fox. Tv: defining egyptomania: fascination with ancient egyptian culture and history. Ancient egypt=pharonic: large history, however people mostly focus on the pharaohs and mummies. One exception is cleopatra: queen during the hellenistic period, her story is quite popular, known throughout modern society. 1st wave: napoleon"s egypt ccampagn (1798-1801)- military colonialism. 1667 men of science: post-campaign established institute d" egypt. British travelers in egypt: george sandys, oxford educated, a traveler poet, 1610 a year in turkey, palestine and egypt.
