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Conflicted Antiquities : Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity / by Colla, Elliott, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Egyptian Sculpture Room -- The Artifaction of the Memnon Head -- Ozymandias -- Conflicted Antiquities: Islam's Pharaoh and Emergent Egyptology -- The Antiqakhana -- Pharaonic Selves -- Two Pharaohs -- The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb: Archaeology, Politics, Literature -- Nahdat Misr -- Pharaonism after Pharaonism: Mahfouz and Qutb.…”
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Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash by Ulmer, Rivka

Table of Contents: “…The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts -- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries -- The Nile -- Egyptian festivals -- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic -- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices -- Alexandria -- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis -- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs -- The divine eye -- The "finding of Moses" in art and text.…”
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