Pharoahs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt  
       
     
       
       
  THE LAND OF THE NILE

The birth of Egyptology:

In the Middle Ages, Egypt's reputation as an ancient land of wonders and mystery lived on. Until the 18th century, people regarded its undeciphered writing and exotic monuments as treasures of occult wisdom, locked away from any but those initiated in the mystic arts.