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Product Description A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. In A World Beneath the Sands, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles the ruthless race between the British, French, Germans, and Americans to lay claim to its mysteries and treasures. He tells riveting stories of the men and women whose obsession with Egypt’s ancient civilization helped to enrich and transform our understanding of the Nile Valley and its people, and left a lasting impression on Egypt, too. Travelers and treasure-hunters, ethnographers and archaeologists: whatever their motives, whatever their methods, a century of adventure and scholarship revealed a lost world, buried for centuries beneath the sands. 16 pages of color illustrations; 23 black-and-white illustrations Review "Riveting… [Wilkinson] has mastered the facts with painstaking research and allowed them to speak for themselves. Rarely do facts speak this clearly." ― Rosemary Mahoney, New York Times Book Review "A fascinating new history." ― The Economist "Wilkinson marshals a wealth of detail into a cohesive and entertaining narrative. The result is an essential portrait of how the rediscovery of '[Egypt’s] ancient past paved the way for its modern rebirth.'" ― Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Few can bring us ancient Egypt with such dynamism as Toby Wilkinson. In A World Beneath the Sands, he has excelled himself in bringing to life the intriguing and swashbuckling story of Egypt’s discovery. He shows us how much what we seek from the past has always told us about ourselves." ― Michael Scott, author of Ancient Worlds From the Back Cover Praise for Toby Wilkinson and The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt "With a literary flair and a sense for a story well told, Mr. Wilkinson offers a highly readable, factually up-to-date account."– Wall Street Journal "[Wilkinson] writes with considerable verve…[He] is nimble at conveying the sumptuous pageantry and cultural sophistication of pharaonic Egypt."– New York Times "Magisterial…[A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums."– Los Angeles Times "A magnificent, illuminating, and refreshingly readable overview of the entire phenomenon of ancient Egypt."– Washington Post "Absolutely divine…[A] thorough, erudite, and enthusiastic gallop through an astonishing three thousand years."– Sunday Times (UK) "I had always presumed, before I read Wilkinson’s book, that it was impossible to write a history of Egypt which combined scholarship, accessibility, and a genuine sense of revelation. I was wrong."– Tom Holland, Observer (UK) "Egypt has for the past four thousand years been much vaunted, much debated…The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt [adds] impressively to this tradition."– Bettany Hughes, The Times (UK) About the Author Toby Wilkinson is the author of the New York Times best-selling The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, which won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History. He is the deputy vice chancellor of the University of Lincoln in England.
