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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.  

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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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