Tutankhamun and Eastern Civilization: Víctor Mercante and the Beginnings of Egyptology in Argentina-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Tutankhamun and Eastern Civilization: Víctor Mercante and the Beginnings of Egyptology in Argentina

Published:2022-09-09 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:107-137
ISSN:1874-1657
Container-title:Journal of Egyptian History
language:
Short-container-title:J. Egypt. Hist.

Author:

Salem Leila¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educacion La Plata Argentina

Abstract

Abstract Even one hundred years after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, its repercussions can still be felt. In this paper we analyze the book entitled Tut-Ankh-Amon y la Civilización de Oriente (1928) by Víctor Mercante, who travelled to Egypt in 1923. This is the first book about Tutankhamun ever written in Spanish. In it, Carter’s discovery is revealed to the reader and an Aegean thesis is proposed so as to understand the historical context of the ancient pharaoh. The Aegean thesis refers to a proposal made by Mercante by means of which the Aegean civilization is directly credited with all cultural, trade, and political development during the Amarna Period. Mercante’s book constitutes a piece of writing from the margins of Egyptology, within the framework of Orientalism, and it marks the beginning of the discipline in Argentina.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

History

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/jeh/15/1/article-p107_4.xml

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