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Breaking the mirror of heaven : the conspiracy to supress the voice of ancient Egypt / Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman.

Title
Breaking the mirror of heaven : the conspiracy to supress the voice of ancient Egypt / Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman.
Author
Bauval, Robert, 1948-
Publication
Rochester, Vt. : Bear & Company, 2012.

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Osman, Ahmed, 1934-
Description
viii, 359 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Describes how the advances in technology, art, architecture, and intellectual thought from ancient Egypt have been suppressed by modern Western explorers and conquerors, contributing to the degradation of Egyptian antiquities.
Subject
  • Hawass, Zahi A
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt
  • Egyptology
  • Egypt > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: A cross between a peacock and a scorpion -- The making of Egypt's Indiana Jones -- Out of darkness -- Intermezzo : how Hawass killed the 'soul' of ancient Egypt -- The pasha -- Saving ancient Egypt -- Taking over -- Secret chambers -- Revolution.
ISBN
  • 9781591431565 (pbk.)
  • 1591431565 (pbk.)
  • 9781591438137 (ebook)
  • 1591438136 (ebook)
LCCN
^^2012007964
OCLC
777662956
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library