Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive

ISBN-13: 9781350038523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

Christina Riggs; Elizabeth Edwards; Jennifer Tucker

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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

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Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1. Photographing Tutankhamun: An Introduction Chapter 2. Mirrored Memories: Excavating the Photographic Archive Chapter 3. 'The first and most pressing need': Photographic Practice at the Tomb of Tutankhamun Chapter 4. Tutankhamun's Treasures: Objects, Artworks, Bodies Chapter 5. Men at Work: The Resurrection of the Boy-king Chapter 6. Worlds Exclusive: Mediating Tutankhamun Chapter 7. The Looking-glass: Egyptology’s Archival Afterlives Notes Bibliography Index