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- Part One 1880 - 1914 1- that violent hullabaloo 2- select establishments 3- From pedigrees to hieroglyphs 4- Egypt like a house on fire 5- private idyll howard carter public ideal 6- yuya and tuya and weigall bashmufetish 7- the flooding of nubia the tombs of the nobles 8- another royal tomb :queen tiy ? akhnaten? 9- the eastern desert odium archaeologicum 10- gaiety akhnaten and howard cater again 11- maspero the autocrat of thebes akhnaten's curse 12- alan gardiner at gurneh high life in luxor 13- egyptologists are themselves .... the worst vandals 14- vreakdown the bronze the war for egyot's heritage 15- scandal , schemes and egyptology for egyptian - Part Two 1914 - 1034 16- From Egypt to the west end 17- experiments in theatre and film 18- novelist and film critic 19- tut-ankh carter and tutcarnarvon 20- American lecture tour carter again and divorce 21- Egyptian chronology english monuments 22- the old brigade versus the moderns 23- history again beating the philistines 24- shutting the door

This compelling biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist and Chief Inspector of Antiquities, chronicles his involvement with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb under Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. Weigall came into conflict with Carter and Carnarvon over newspaper reporting of the famous find. His remarks to the press during that time led to the infamous story of the ""Curse of the Pharaohs."" This biography brings to life the atmosphere, intrigue, and intense competition in Egypt during the first quarter of the 20th century.