A Short History of Tomb-Raiding : The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures, Maria Golia

A Short History of Tomb-Raiding : The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures, Maria GoliaNew Paperback To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artefacts over the course of many millennia, but one which has also drawn thieves and tomb raiders to Egypt since antiquity. Drawing on modern scholarship, reportage and period sources, this book tracks the history of treasure seekers in Egypt and the social contexts in

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