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Ancient Egyptian Art
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archaeological photography
Author_Christina Riggs
Burial Chamber
Burial Shrines
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Cigarette Cards
colonial archaeology
early twentieth century Egyptology
Egyptian Expedition
Egyptian Government
Egyptian Men
Egyptology research
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Excavation Archives
Glass Negatives
Griffith Institute
Guardian Statues
historical excavation methods
Illustrated London News
King Tut
material culture analysis
Metropolitan Museum
Mummy Mask
Object Photographs
Photographic Archive
Photographic Objects
Superb
Topographical Bibliography
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun Exhibition
Tutankhamun's Tomb
Tutankhamun’s Tomb
UNESCO Campaign
visual culture studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781350038516
- Weight: 704g
- Dimensions: 169 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 27 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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. Yet until now, no study has explored the ways in which photography helped mythologize the tomb of Tutankhamun, nor the role photography played in shaping archaeological methods and interpretations, both in and beyond the field. This book undertakes the first critical analysis of the photographic archive formed during the ten-year clearance of the tomb, and in doing so explores the interface between photography and archaeology at a pivotal time for both. Photographing Tutankhamun foregrounds photography as a material, technical, and social process in early 20th-century archaeology, in order to question how the photograph made and remade ‘ancient Egypt’ in the waning age of colonial order.
Christina Riggs is Professor of the History of Visual Culture at Durham University.
