![]() ![]() Only by understanding how Egyptology has developed can we truly understand the Egyptian past. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so. This, the first of a three-volume survey of the history of Egyptology, follows the fascination with ancient Egypt from antiquity until 1881, tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity. Read reviews and buy Wonderful Things - (Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology) by Jason Thompson (Hardcover) at Target. ![]() The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we have today, recovered the Egyptian past while inventing it anew, and made a lost civilization comprehensible to generations of enchanted readers and viewers thousands of years later. The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. Jason Thompson Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology: 1: From Antiquity to 1881 Hardcover Maby Jason Thompson (Author), Jaromir Malek (Foreword) 22 ratings Book 1 of 3: Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology Kindle 28.45 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 50.00 5 Used from 39.95 1 New from 50. Wonderful Things affirms that the history of ancient Egypt has proved continually fascinating, but it also demonstrates that the history of Egyptology is no less so. ![]()
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