Christina Riggs

Photographing Tutankhamun (eBook, ePUB)

Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

They are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut more than 3,300 years ago

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000213300
• Artikelnr.: 60150878

Autorenporträt

Christina Riggs is Professor of the History of Visual Culture at Durham University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1.
Photographing Tutankhamun: An Introduction Chapter 2. Mirrored Memories:
Excavating the Photographic Archive Chapter 3. 'The first and most pressing
need': Photographic Practice at the Tomb of Tutankhamun Chapter 4.
Tutankhamun's Treasures: Objects, Artworks, Bodies Chapter 5. Men at Work:
The Resurrection of the Boy-king Chapter 6. Worlds Exclusive: Mediating
TutankhamunChapter 7. The Looking-glass: Egyptology's Archival
AfterlivesNotesBibliographyIndex