TY - BOOK ID - 78138789 TI - American Egyptologist PY - 2012 SN - 1280126531 9786613530394 0226001121 9780226001128 9780226001104 0226001105 9781280126536 PB - Chicago University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Archaeology KW - Archeology KW - Anthropology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - History. KW - Breasted, James Henry, KW - Bristid, Zhīms Hinrī KW - Bristid, Hinrī Zhayms KW - Bristid, Zhayms Hinrī KW - Brētsatēt, KW - Brētsatēt, Hēnrī Chēm KW - Breasted, H. J. KW - University of Chicago. KW - Oriental Institute (University of Chicago) KW - Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago KW - Breasted, James Henry KW - james henry breasted, american, united states of america, archaeologist, archaeology, egypt, egyptologist, historian, history, haskell oriental museum, ancient civilizations, field research, middle east, king tut, nubia, expeditions, chicago, university, lexicography, fertile crescent, translation, survey, expedition, archaeologies. KW - OI (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78138789 AB - James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of Time magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones-he was an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud. In American Egyptologist, Jeffrey Abt weaves together the disparate strands of Breasted's life, from his small-town origins following the Civil War to his evolution into the father of American Egyptology and the founder of the Oriental Institute in the early years of the University of Chicago. Abt explores the scholarly, philanthropic, diplomatic, and religious contexts of his ideas and projects, providing insight into the origins of America's most prominent center for Near Eastern archaeology. An illuminating portrait of the nearly forgotten man who demystified ancient Egypt for the general public, American Egyptologist restores James Henry Breasted to the world and puts forward a brilliant case for his place as one of the most important scholars of modern times. ER -