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Author Brier, Bob, author.

Title Tutankhamun and the tomb that changed the world / Bob Brier
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some colour)
Contents Introduction -- History of the tomb. Lost but not found ; Preferably a non-gentleman ; Wonderful things ; Locked out ; Face-to-face with Tutankhamun ; Final clearance -- Tutankhamun revealed. Translating Tutankhamun ; X-raying Tutankhamun ; Scanning Tutankhamun ; Tutankhamun's family tree ; Tutankhamun's chariots ; Tutankhamun as warrior ; Tutankhamun's shoe closet -- Tutankhamun's sarcophagus ; Is Nefertiti in Tut's tomb? ; It came from outer space ; CSI Thebes: the case of the missing pectoral -- Tutankhamun's legacy. Tutankhamun as activist ; Who owns Tutankhamun? ; Tutankhamun superstar ; The best excavation ever -- Epilogue
Summary Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World shows a whole new side to the story of Tutankhamun's treasures, exploring the 100 years of research that has taken place since the tomb's discovery
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Tutankhamen, King of Egypt -- Tomb
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt
SUBJECT Tutankhamen, King of Egypt fast
Subject Antiquities
Politics and government
Tombs
Archaeology.
History.
SUBJECT Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
Egypt -- Politics and government -- To 332 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041318
Egypt -- History -- New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010492
Subject Egypt
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780197635063
0197635067
9780197635087
0197635083