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Egypt: Lost Civilizations by Christina Riggs

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informative slow-paced

5.0

Not so much about the history of ancient Egypt, but the history of how ancient Egypt has been viewed, and used, with a special emphasis on the effects of the Western imperialist gaze on Egyptology, and how the Egyptians themselves perceive and use it - and the tension between those two poles. 
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