{"product_id":"unwrapping-ancient-egypt-paperback","title":"Unwrapping Ancient Egypt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina Riggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst runner-up for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies 2015.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at how their unwrapping has shaped the way we think about the Egyptian past. Wrapping mummified bodies and divine statues in linen reflected the cultural values attached to this textile, with implications for understanding gender, materiality and hierarchy in Egyptian society. Unwrapping mummies and statues similarly reflects the values attached to Egyptian antiquities in the West, where the colonial legacies of archaeology, Egyptology and racial science still influence how Egypt appears in museums and the press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Arab Spring, \u003ci\u003eUnwrapping Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e raises critical questions about the deep-seated fascination with this culture - and what that fascination says about our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina Riggs\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Art History and World Art Studies, University of East Anglia, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737813127231,"sku":"9780857855077","price":107.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8b9e6f613ee06a28e0058152e5019949.webp?v=1765151178","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/unwrapping-ancient-egypt-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}