Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 128449
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9781003103660
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781350038516
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 110,000-word monograph is the only academic study ever undertaken of the renowned photographic record created during the 1920s-30s excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb. The research required sustained periods of work in two archives, in the UK and USA, over three years. It tallied, identified, and dated some 3,500 negatives and associated photographic objects for the first time, as well as analysing primary sources including letters, diaries, institutional reports, and media coverage in four languages. The research required expertise in photographic history and archaeology and drew on methods from art history, history of science, and visual anthropology for its ground-breaking analysis.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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