
Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy
Kyle Pakka
Ronald H. Fritze
Reaktion Books, 2021.
“The Egypt of one's dreams is often just that, a dream rather than the real Egypt of history. That, however, to a large extent is what Egyptomania is all about.”
-from Egyptomania, by Ronald H. Fritze
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