{"product_id":"unwrapping-ancient-egypt-christina-riggs-9780857855398","title":"Unwrapping Ancient Egypt: The Shroud, the Secret and the Sacred","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at the way their unwrapping has shaped the way we think about the Egyptian past. Wrapping mummified bodies and divine statues in linen reflected the cultural values attached to this textile, with implications for understanding gender, materiality and hierarchy in Egyptian society. Unwrapping mummies and statues similarly reflects the values attached to Egyptian antiquities in the West, where the colonial legacies of archaeology, Egyptology and racial science still influence how Egypt appears in museums and the press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Arab Spring, \u003ci\u003eUnwrapping Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e raises critical questions about the deep-seated fascination with this culture - and what that fascination says about our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Riggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857855395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857855398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 600","brand":"Christina Riggs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48438028337407,"sku":"9780857855398","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2deeb07b-a230-4fe4-bb13-5c912ea14e59.jpg?v=1777168313","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unwrapping-ancient-egypt-christina-riggs-9780857855398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}