A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures by Maria Golia
Update: 2023-04-25
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Title: A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures
Author: Maria Golia
Narrator: Mike Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 25, 2023
Genres: Ancient Civilizations
Publisher's Summary:
A spine-tingling exploration of a venture as ancient as the pyramids themselves. To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artifacts over the course of many millennia—and also one that has 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 which they operated, revealing striking continuities throughout time. Listeners will recognize the foibles of today's politicians and con artists, the perils of materialism, and the cycles of public compliance and dissent in the face of injustice. In describing an age-old pursuit and its timeless motivations, A Short History of Tomb-Raiding shows how much we have in common with our Bronze Age ancestors.
Title: A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures
Author: Maria Golia
Narrator: Mike Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 25, 2023
Genres: Ancient Civilizations
Publisher's Summary:
A spine-tingling exploration of a venture as ancient as the pyramids themselves. To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artifacts over the course of many millennia—and also one that has 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 which they operated, revealing striking continuities throughout time. Listeners will recognize the foibles of today's politicians and con artists, the perils of materialism, and the cycles of public compliance and dissent in the face of injustice. In describing an age-old pursuit and its timeless motivations, A Short History of Tomb-Raiding shows how much we have in common with our Bronze Age ancestors.
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