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Ancient Egypt Has For Centuries Occupied A Prominent Place In Popular Imaginations And Scholarly Research Agendas. While Our Knowledge Of The Long-dead Civilization Of The Pharaohs Has Vastly Increased And Improved Over The Past Two Hundred Years, Our Understanding Of What Actually Constitutes What We Call 'egyptology' Remains Elusive. Based Upon Research Presented In 2018 At The 8th Conference Of The European Society For The History Of Science In London, This Volume Comprises A Wide Range Of Reflections By An International, Interdisciplinary Panel Of Scholars On Matters Central To The History Of Egyptology. Their Papers Explore Various Approaches To The Study Of Egyptology's History; National, Particularly Including Egyptian Perspectives On Egyptology; And The Interdependencies Of Scholarship And Politics. This Unique Book Represents An Important Step In The Evolution Of A Newly Developing Dialogue: One That Sees The Study Of Ancient Egypt Brought More Closely In Line With Modern Debates On The Construction Of Knowledge, Disciplinary Formation, And The Importance Of Ancient History To Modern Societies - And Also Within Them, As A Means Of Validating Aspects Of The Present. Concepts, Models And Approaches To The History Of Egyptology -- Building A Disciplinary History: The Challenge Of Egyptology / Andrew Bednarski -- Limits Of Hermeneutics Of Suspicion: Life-writing In The History Of Egyptology / Hana Navratilova -- The Egyptian Perspective -- Egyptology In Egypt: The Founding Institutions / Fayza Haikal, Amr Omar -- The Living Surrounding The Dead: European Archaeologists In Egypt And Their Relations With The Local Inhabitants, 1798-1898 / Maximilian Georg -- National Histories Of Egyptology -- Brazilian Egyptology: Reassessing Colonialism And Exploring Limits / Thais Rocha Da Silva -- Egyptology: A British Model? / Aidan Dodson -- A Revolution In Egyptology, Or, An Egyptology Of The Revolution?: Changing Perspectives On Ancient Egypt In Russia / Alexandre