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In this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of America's greatest archaeologist. Manuelian presents Reisner's undeniable impact and considers his life within the context of Western colonialism, racism, and nationalism.
Pyramids with hidden burial chambers. Colossal royal statues and minuscule gold jewelry. Decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, ceramics, furniture, stone vessels, and hieroglyphic inscriptions everywhere. This is the legacy of forty-three years of breathtakingly successful excavations at twenty-three different archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan (ancient Nubia). George Reisner (1867-1942) discovered all this and more during a remarkable career that revolutionized archaeological method in both the Old World and the New. Leading the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, Reisner put American Egyptology on the world stage. His uniquely American success story unfolded despite British control of Egyptian politics, French control of Egyptian antiquities, and an Egypt yearning for independence, all while his Egyptian teams achieved the fieldwork results and mastered the arts of recording and documentation.
Reisner's lifespan covers the birth of modern archaeology. It also intersects powerfully with aspects of colonialism, racism, and nationalism, as Western powers imposed their influence on Egypt especially during the two World Wars. The wholesale export of dynastic Egypt's treasures to European and American museums also raised issues of repatriation and cultural patrimony long before they became the hot topics they are today. Walking Among Pharaohs, by distinguished Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian, gathers unpublished documents from all over the world to present a fascinating and intimate biography of one of the founding fathers of modern Egyptology and one of America's greatest archaeologists.
Contents
Preface
Egyptian Chronology and Nubian Comparative Chart
Map
Introduction
I. Early Years (1867-1899)
1 Midwestern Beginnings and Endings
2 Go East, Young Man
3 Conversion in Germany
4 "Somebody Needed an Archaeologist"
II. The Path to the Pyramids (1899-1905)
5 The Road Taken
6 Chance of a Lifetime: Giza
7 Devastation and Realignment: The Birth of the HU-MFA Expedition (1904-1905)
III. Egypt, Palestine, Nubia, America (1905-1913)
8 Multitasking across Cultures
9 King Menkaure versus the "Pestiferous Sheikhs" of Palestine
10 Back to the Classroom
11 Giza Politics, Giza Discoveries
IV. War Years (1913-1918)
12 Focus on Nubia: The Kerma Kingdom
13 Archaeology in Wartime: Kerma, Gammai, Deir el-Bersha
14 A Mystery Solved: The Nubian Pyramids of Gebel Barkal and Nuri
15 The Near-Destruction of Two American Expeditions
V. Archaeology and Politics (1919-1926)
16 "The Work is his God:" Gebel Barkal, el-Kurru, and Meroe
17 (Mis)interpreting the Nubians in the Shadow of Tutankhamun
18 Secrets of a Giza Queen
19 Excursus: Showdown with Breasted over Egyptian Archaeology
VI. Nubian Fortresses and Giza Tombs (1927-1937)
20 Hoisting Sarcophagi
21 Looking Back and Taking Stock
22 Septuagenarian Archaeology
VII. Legacies at Home and Abroad (1938-1947)
23 Virtual and Actual Homecomings
24 Finale
25 Endgame: Transforming The HU-MFA Expedition
26 Epilogue: Revered or Reviled? Reisner and his Archaeological Impact
Endnotes
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Reisner Bibliography
General Bibliography
Abbreviations
Expedition Chronology and Staff
Glossary of Arabic and other Foreign Words
Index
