Egyptomania

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1. Discussion:  
   Egyptomania  
   Annabel  Wharton,  “Appropria:ng  
   Pasts:  Cairo”  from  Building  the  Cold  
   War:  Hilton  Interna4onal  Hotels  and  
   Modern  Architecture,  pp.  41-­‐54.  
   

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3. The  Treasures  of  Tutankhamen's  Tomb  found  
   by  Howard  Carter  in  1922.    
   Death  Mask  of  Tutankhamen,  tomb  of  
   Tutankhamen,  Thebes,  c.  1323  BCE  z  
   

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4. Replicas  of  the  treasure  at  the  Luxor  Hotel,  Las  Vegas.  
   

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5. “Old”  Cairo  
   “New”  Cairo  
   What  are  some  of  the  dis:nc:ons  between  
   “Old”  Cairo  and  “New”  Cairo?  
   How  have  “outside  forces”  shaped  this  
   dis:nc:on?  
   

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6. View  of  East  or  “Old”  Cairo.  
   An  alleyway  in  “Old”  Cairo.  
   How  was  Old  Cairo  a  “spectacle”  for  the  European  traveler?  
   

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7. Egyp:an  Museum,  Cairo.  
   

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8. Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.  
   What  power  does  the  Nile  have  in  defining  
   “Egypt”  for  the  rest  of  the  world?  
   

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9. Egyp:an  Stamps  with  the  Nile  
   Hilton,  1959-­‐1989.  
   

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10. How  has  the  Hilton  “framed  the  history  of  Egypt?  
    

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11. Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.  
    

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12. Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.  
    

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13. Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.  
    “Hieroglyphics”  
    

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14. Promo:onal  Materials  for  the  Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.  
    

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15. Egyp:an  Museum,  view  from  the  Nile  Hilton,  Cairo.  
    

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16. Lobby  interior  of  the  Nile  Hotel  (formerly  the  Nile  
    Hilton),  early  2000s.  
    

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17. Lobby  interior  of  the  Nile  Hotel  (formerly  the  Nile  
    Hilton),  early  2000s.  
    

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18. Lobby  interior  of  the  Nile  Hotel  (formerly  the  Nile  
    Hilton),  early  2000s.  
    

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