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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt's Treasures

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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt's Treasures - Golia, Maria
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To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artefacts over the course of many millennia, but one which has also drawn thieves and tomb-raiders to Egypt since antiquity. Drawing on modern scholarship, reportage and period sources, this book tracks the history of treasure-seekers in Egypt and the social contexts in which they operated, revealing striking continuities throughout time. Readers will ...

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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt's Treasures 2022, Reaktion Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781789146295

Hardcover