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The scandalous rape of Ancient Egypt is a historical vignette of greed vanity and dedicated archaeological research It is a tale vividly told by renowned archaeology author Brian Fagan with characters that include the ancient historian Herodotus Theban tomb robbers obeliskstealing Romans Coptic Christians determined to erase the heretical past mummy traders leisured antiquarians major European museums Giovanni Belzoni a circus strongman who removed more antiquities than Napoleons armies shrewd consuls and ruthless pashas and archaeologists such as Sir Flinders Petrie who changed the course of Egyptology
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