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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The Treasures of Tutankhamen's Tomb found by Howard Carter in 1922. Death Mask of Tutankhamen, tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, c. 1323 BCE z
Replicas of the treasure at the Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas.
“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?
View of East or “Old” Cairo. An alleyway in “Old” Cairo. How was Old Cairo a “spectacle” for the European traveler?
Egyp:an Museum, Cairo.
Nile Hilton, Cairo, c. 1960. What power does the Nile have in defining “Egypt” for the rest of the world?
Egyp:an Stamps with the Nile Hilton, 1959-‐1989.
How has the Hilton “framed the history of Egypt?
Nile Hilton, Cairo, c. 1960.
Nile Hilton, Cairo, c. 1960. “Hieroglyphics”
Promo:onal Materials for the Nile Hilton, Cairo, c. 1960.
Egyp:an Museum, view from the Nile Hilton, Cairo.
Lobby interior of the Nile Hotel (formerly the Nile Hilton), early 2000s.