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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Adams, John M., 1950-     Subjects     Davis, Theodore M., 1837-1915.     Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography.     Egyptologists -- United States -- Biography.     Egyptologists -- Biography.     Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.     Tombs -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.     Valley of the Kings (Egypt) -- Antiquities.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Adams, John M., 1950-       by title:      The millionaire and ...       by call number:      932 D264a     Search the Web     Adams, John M., 1950-     Davis, Theodore M., 1837-1915.     Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography.     Egyptologists -- United States -- Biography.     Egyptologists -- Biography.     Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.     Tombs -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.     Valley of the Kings (Egypt) -- Antiquities.       MARC Display

The millionaire and the mummies : Theodore Davis's gilded age in the Valley of the Kings / John M. Adams. by Adams, John M., 1950- St. Martin's Press, 2013. Call #: 932 D264a Subjects Davis, Theodore M., 1837-1915.   Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography.   Egyptologists -- United States -- Biography.   Egyptologists -- Biography.   Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.   Tombs -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings.   Valley of the Kings (Egypt) -- Antiquities. ISBN:  9781250026699 (hc.) 1250026695 (hc.) Alternate title:  Theodore Davis's gilded age in the Valley of the Kings Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xi, 363 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-345) and index. Summary:  "At the start of the twentieth century, Theodore Davis was the most famous archaeologist in the world; his career turned tomb-robbing and treasure-hunting into a science. Using six of Davis’s most important discoveries—from the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s sarcophagus to the exquisite shabti statuettes looted from the Egyptian Museum not too long ago—as a lens around which to focus his quintessentially American rags-to-riches tale, Adams chronicles the dizzying rise of a poor country preacher’s son who, through corruption and fraud, amassed tremendous wealth in Gilded Age New York and then atoned for his ruthless career by inventing new standards for systematic excavation. Davis found a record eighteen tombs in the Valley and, breaking with custom, gave all the spoils of his discoveries to museums. A confederate of Boss Tweed, friend of Teddy Roosevelt, and rival of J. P. Morgan, the colorful "American Lord Carnarvon" shared his Newport mansion with his Rembrandts, his wife, and his mistress. The only reason Davis has been forgotten by history to a large extent is probably the fact that he stopped just short of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, the discovery of which propelled Howard Carter (Davis’s erstwhile employee) to worldwide fame just a few short years later. Drawing on rare and never-before-published archival material, The Millionaire and the Mummies, the first biography of Theodore Davis ever written rehabilitates a tarnished image through a thrilling tale of crime and adventure, filled with larger-than-life characters, unimaginable treasures, and exotic settings."--Jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 932 D264a Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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