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British Egyptology in the Nineteenth Century

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British colonial Egyptology scholarship
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colonial knowledge production
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fieldwork methodologies
forthcoming
hieroglyphic decipherment
nineteenth century archaeology
social history of science
Victorian intellectual debates

Product details

  • ISBN 9781041330844
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Sep 2026
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Throughout the professionalization of Egyptology in the nineteenth century, there were several debates that raged: the purpose of the pyramids, and who built them; the meaning of hieroglyphs; the styling of statues and artwork on tomb and temple walls; and the history of ancient Egypt, especially in its relation to Christendom. As hieroglyphs became readable through decipherment, and scholars gained more accurate understandings of the written record, they established testable theories about Egypt’s ancient social, political, and economic past. This volume presents sources within these debates and demonstrates how ideas about the past changed with the understanding and uncovering of more evidence.
Of course, most of this investigation was being done in Britain, in the metropolitan center, and so the sources bear the mark of inexperience in the outside field site, scholars’ ignorance about the peoples they study, and the colonial hierarchy present at the time.
About
Kathleen L. Sheppard is Professor of history in the History and Political Science department at Missouri S&T, USA. She is also the Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society.