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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding

Golia:A Short History of Tomb-Raiding

Autor:	Maria Golia
Verfügbarkeit:	Auf Lager.
Veröffentlicht am:	15.08.2022
Artikelnummer:	2522114
ISBN / EAN:	9781789146295

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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 recognize the foibles of todays politicians and con artists, the perils of materialism, and the cycles of public compliance and dissent in the face of injustice. In describing an age-old pursuit and its timeless motivations, A Short History of Tomb-Raiding shows how much we have in common with our Bronze Age ancestors.