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Egyptomania

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October 02, 2013

 Egyptomania

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October 02, 2013
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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.  
  2. The  Treasures  of  Tutankhamen's  Tomb  found   by  Howard  Carter

     in  1922.     Death  Mask  of  Tutankhamen,  tomb  of   Tutankhamen,  Thebes,  c.  1323  BCE  z  
  3. “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?  
  4. View  of  East  or  “Old”  Cairo.   An  alleyway  in

     “Old”  Cairo.   How  was  Old  Cairo  a  “spectacle”  for  the  European  traveler?  
  5. Nile  Hilton,  Cairo,  c.  1960.   What  power  does  the

     Nile  have  in  defining   “Egypt”  for  the  rest  of  the  world?