The search for ancient Egypt

About “The search for ancient Egypt”

This 1986 illustrated monograph covers the history of the rediscovery of ancient Egypt and of Egyptology. Written by French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter and published by Éditions Gallimard as the first volume in the pocket collection Découvertes, it was awarded a literary prize by the Fondation de France in 1987. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)