Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
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- Author：Toby Wilkinson
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Reviews
Patricia Baker
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received advance reading copy to read and enjoy。 great book about all things involving King Tutankhamun。 really missed the illustrations that probably were in the actual published book。 so many things were written about that。 enjoyed all the little hints of discovery about the Egyptian kings and building of their burial sites。 did not realize that King Tut died so young， without any sons， and as a result of a chariot accident。
Roxanne
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Excellent read exploring the history， culture， and people of Ancient Egypt！I won an ARC from Goodreads。
Naomi's Bookshelf
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This is a new take on Ancient Egypt。 I love reading about people through objects so this was a great reading experience。 I liked how 100 items are separated into 10 groups and explained in a way that the scholar and the newbie can learn something。 The sections covered everything from home life to royalty to religion。 I liked the break down and how the author explained each part of Egyptian life through the centuries。 This is a book I would definitely recommend to a history lover or a curious lea This is a new take on Ancient Egypt。 I love reading about people through objects so this was a great reading experience。 I liked how 100 items are separated into 10 groups and explained in a way that the scholar and the newbie can learn something。 The sections covered everything from home life to royalty to religion。 I liked the break down and how the author explained each part of Egyptian life through the centuries。 This is a book I would definitely recommend to a history lover or a curious learner。 I received an arc via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review。 。。。more
April
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I love how he gives background information on all the pieces found in Tut's tomb。 This book teaches alot about the history and geography of ancient egypt， beyond the scope of tutankhamun。 Very interesting read！ I love how he gives background information on all the pieces found in Tut's tomb。 This book teaches alot about the history and geography of ancient egypt， beyond the scope of tutankhamun。 Very interesting read！ 。。。more
Janilyn Kocher
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For readers who want to submerge themselves into the tomb of Tut， this is the book for you。It is jammed full of Information galore。I was disappointed with the digital arc since none of the pictures came through。 I had to be Satisfied with the few I saw on Edelweiss。 Thanks to Edelweiss and W。W。 Norton and Company for the early read。
Faith
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The ARC that I won in a Goodreads giveaway had no illustrations。 My sole reason for requesting the book was to see the objects。 Maybe someday I will borrow a copy of the book from the library。
Hamid
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An excellent and thematic journey through vast swathes of Ancient Egyptian history and Egyptology anchored in the some of the most interesting items from the tomb of Tutankhamun。 Wilkinson explores various social themes from daily banalities （food， drink， health） to momentous life themes （death， relationships， war）。 Every page is replete with evident excitement and contagious， fascinated joy。 I suspect Wilkinson allows himself to be lured a little too much with reading totemic significance into An excellent and thematic journey through vast swathes of Ancient Egyptian history and Egyptology anchored in the some of the most interesting items from the tomb of Tutankhamun。 Wilkinson explores various social themes from daily banalities （food， drink， health） to momentous life themes （death， relationships， war）。 Every page is replete with evident excitement and contagious， fascinated joy。 I suspect Wilkinson allows himself to be lured a little too much with reading totemic significance into an object， merely because it exists， which removes capricious agency from ancient historical figures。 There are tantalising glimpses of 'next-best' expediencies （eg in the reuse of canopic jar heads from previous burials）， for example。 What other shortcuts could have been made？I feel the book also suffers a little for the sometimes near-static treatment of Ancient Egyptian culture all the way describing events that take place over the course of several thousand years。 I feel that this suffers less than many other popular works on Ancient Egypt - Wilkinson does allow for religious amorphousness and the ascendance and descendance of various gods。 He also gives a little time to the （demotic） language eventually fizzling out in the fifth century AD。 But through the book， the culture feels somewhat unitary。 I'd rarely say this about a book but it would have benefited to a great degree from illustration。 In my edition， the images of the items were mostly at the end of the book （rather than inline） and most of the fascinating discussions are winding asides that use the objects as kick-off points and refer to various sculptures， architecture， weaponry etc。 So I found myself reading this somewhat heavily side-by-side with Wikipedia， which greatly enriched the text。 I don't fault Wilkinson for this but bear in mind when reading it， it's worth googling along the way。 。。。more
Caroline
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I was fascinated with archaeology as a tween， and 50 years ago on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb I was given the "Tomb of Tutankhamen" exhibition book which I still have。 A lot more is known now than was known then - and the premise of this book was appealing in that it looked at specific objects in the tomb for what they can tell us about ancient Egypt。Toby Wilkinson is steeped in knowledge of ancient Egypt， so this book was well informed and full of information， but it wears I was fascinated with archaeology as a tween， and 50 years ago on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb I was given the "Tomb of Tutankhamen" exhibition book which I still have。 A lot more is known now than was known then - and the premise of this book was appealing in that it looked at specific objects in the tomb for what they can tell us about ancient Egypt。Toby Wilkinson is steeped in knowledge of ancient Egypt， so this book was well informed and full of information， but it wears that learning lightly。 The selected artifacts are organized into ten groups focused on the aspects of life that they are related to。 Why was this item in the king's tomb？ What was its significance in society？ What is the history of the importance of such items？ In this way， with the addition of details about archaeological investigations all over Egypt， a very full picture of the life of Egyptian royalty， but also the lives of the ordinary people， is drawn。The last chapter， "Legacy，" is the most far-reaching， addressing as it does the artifacts that were most famous or influential in the afterlife of the tomb's discovery。 Wilkinson discusses the wholesale looting of Egyptian antiquities by Europeans in the 19th and 20th centuries， and the views of Egypt that became current in some circles in the 20th century， especially the fantasies of the New Age mystics。 About the theory that the civilization of ancient Egypt was founded by aliens from outer space， he remarks that the idea smacks of colonialism because it posits that Egyptian civilization and culture were too advanced to have been developed by mere Egyptians。Wilkinson also makes reference to the fact that DNA testing has finally been done on all the remains recovered from the Valley of the Kings。 I wish there was a book about it， and not just a JAMA article with links to visuals that you have to have Flash player for， which no longer exists。Thanks to Netgalley for access to an advance copy of this fascinating book。 I only wish that the pictures had been included！ it was a little frustrating to read the text and not be able to see the pictures in a book that's being advertised as beautifully illustrated！ I'll have to go back to my c 1970 book for another look。 。。。more
Wafflepirates
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*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review*Written just in time for the 100 year anniversary of Howard Carter rediscovering Tutankhamun's tomb， this book provides an interesting look at ancient Egypt through the objects found in the tomb。 Despite having been looted （twice in antiquity， and it's also possible Carter himself took items from the burial）， the tomb held the majority of the wealth Tut was buried with， and remains one of the m *Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review*Written just in time for the 100 year anniversary of Howard Carter rediscovering Tutankhamun's tomb， this book provides an interesting look at ancient Egypt through the objects found in the tomb。 Despite having been looted （twice in antiquity， and it's also possible Carter himself took items from the burial）， the tomb held the majority of the wealth Tut was buried with， and remains one of the most complete and fascinating burials discovered in Egypt。 Due to the huge amount of grave goods， and the nature of death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt， Tut's tomb also is crucial in helping archaeologists understand life and society in Egypt at that time。 Each chapter focuses on a different topic， in which the author gives an overview of the historical context both in general and specifically during the eighteenth dynasty that Tut was a part of。 By using the material culture， the book creates an interesting narrative and links the history to real objects。 I enjoyed reading this， and highly recommend it to anyone interested in ancient Egypt。 。。。more
Naomi
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A very interesting book。 It definitely seeks to highlight the objects in King Tutankhamun's tomb that perhaps the general public would not be so familiar with unless they had gone to see an exhibition。 The flashy objects we all know are there， including the king's mummy itself， but also there are objects that one would pass over because they are just boring or considered "every day" objects like vases or measuring sticks。 My only issue with the book is that it feels like it repeats itself often。 A very interesting book。 It definitely seeks to highlight the objects in King Tutankhamun's tomb that perhaps the general public would not be so familiar with unless they had gone to see an exhibition。 The flashy objects we all know are there， including the king's mummy itself， but also there are objects that one would pass over because they are just boring or considered "every day" objects like vases or measuring sticks。 My only issue with the book is that it feels like it repeats itself often。 It will go into the history behind why the objects were placed in the tomb and what significance they had for the civilisation but there are only so many ways to say something。 This I don't think is a fault with the author but rather perhaps there are too many objects which necessarily overlap with each other。Overall， I highly encourage those who are interested in Egyptology or King Tut in specific to read this。 。。。more
Ruth Dipple
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This very interesting and engaging book uses the finds from Tutankhamun's tomb as a jumping off point for a thorough survey of Egyptian history， culture and religion。 It is detailed but not heavy going， and I learned a lot from it。There is also a section on the legacy of the tomb， some of which is quite amusing， as Tut-mania took off in the 1920's。 The saddest thing is that one of two trumpets found in the tomb was looted in 2011 and has never been recovered。 It's beyond belief that anyone could This very interesting and engaging book uses the finds from Tutankhamun's tomb as a jumping off point for a thorough survey of Egyptian history， culture and religion。 It is detailed but not heavy going， and I learned a lot from it。There is also a section on the legacy of the tomb， some of which is quite amusing， as Tut-mania took off in the 1920's。 The saddest thing is that one of two trumpets found in the tomb was looted in 2011 and has never been recovered。 It's beyond belief that anyone could do such a thing。 。。。more
josé almeida
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a ideia não é original - caracterizar uma era histórica ou artística através da descrição de alguns objectos representativos - mas toby wilkinson desenvolve-a com maestria， no seu novíssimo livro que， de certa maneira， parte do final do magnífico "a world beneath the sands"， com a descoberta do túmulo de tutankhamon。 e seleccionando 100 objectos （dos mais de 5000 que aquelas câmaras subterrâneas esconderam durante mais de três milénios）， entre os quais a icónica máscara em ouro， o trono， as arca a ideia não é original - caracterizar uma era histórica ou artística através da descrição de alguns objectos representativos - mas toby wilkinson desenvolve-a com maestria， no seu novíssimo livro que， de certa maneira， parte do final do magnífico "a world beneath the sands"， com a descoberta do túmulo de tutankhamon。 e seleccionando 100 objectos （dos mais de 5000 que aquelas câmaras subterrâneas esconderam durante mais de três milénios）， entre os quais a icónica máscara em ouro， o trono， as arcas， os amuletos e uma estranha trombeta， consegue o autor dar-nos uma visão tão abrangente e detalhada que a narrativa acaba por funcionar muito mais como uma história do egipto antigo e não o relato da vida e morte de um faraó através da mera enumeração de algumas peças do seu tesouro funerário。 o capítulo final， sobre o legado civilizacional， é de leitura obrigatória para egiptófilos de sofá como eu。 。。。more
Gary Shea
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The American edition releases in November for the 100th anniversary of the opening of the tomb。 I obtained and thoroughly enjoyed a British version， see https://blackwells。co。uk/bookshop/pro。。。 The American edition releases in November for the 100th anniversary of the opening of the tomb。 I obtained and thoroughly enjoyed a British version， see https://blackwells。co。uk/bookshop/pro。。。 。。。more
Keely
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Utterly fascinating and a good overview of some of the things that were in his tomb。 It also sorts out fiction vs fact about the discovery of the tomb aswell。 The people who were purposely edited out are now back in the narrative。
Thomas
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