The rise and fall of ancient Egypt? Egyptology's never-ending story

Carruthers, William (2011) The rise and fall of ancient Egypt? Egyptology's never-ending story. Antiquity, 85 (330). pp. 1444-1447. ISSN 0003-598X

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Abstract

In an op-ed piece on The Wall Street Journal's website promoting his latest book, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (Wilkinson, T. 2010), Toby Wilkinson draws parallels between events in Egypt's past to those in its present. “The current situation in Egypt”, we are told, “comes as no surprise to a student of the country's long history” (Wilkinson, T. 2011). It is only appropriate to observe, then, that the problematic nature of Wilkinson's book comes as no surprise to a historian of Egyptology. Both it — and the accompanying comparison of the country's past to its present — are part of a long tradition (although tradition is too positive a word) of questionable Egyptological analysis.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2018 10:30
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 17:44
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69022
DOI:	10.1017/S0003598X00062165

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