A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. Hardcover. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. In A World.....