Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. Movies such as The Mummy (1932, 1959), Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments

Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West. This book is the first study to address representations of

Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West. This book is the first study to address representations of

Egyptomania takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of strange gods, mysterious magic, secret knowledge, monumental pyr

Looks at ancient Egyptian symbols related to creation, harmony, death, and afterlife, and shows jewelry, paintings, architecture, and inscriptions