Negotiating for the Past: Archaeology, Nationalism, and Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1919-1941

by James F. Goode

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 was a landmark event in Egyptology that was celebrated around the world. Had Howard Carter found his prize a few years earlier, however, the treasures of Tut might now be in the British Museum in London rather than the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. That's because the years between World War I and World War II were a transitional period in Middle Eastern archaeology, as nationalists in Egypt and elsewhere...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029271498X
• ISBN13: 9780292714984
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"