Published for the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of the Rosetta stone, this book responds to the ever-growing enthusiasm and curiosity for Egyptomania. Text in French.
Jean-Marcel Humbert is a Doctor of Literature and history (egyptology). He is the author, co-author and director of about 20 books and exhibition catalogues. He has also written more than 200 articles. As the executive curator of the exhibitions of the year France-Egypt in 1998, he coordinated about 30 exhibitions throughout France that year. Jean-Marcel Humbert is also a member of AVICOM, the French committee of art history, the society of French art history, the French society of Egyptology, and the society for the history of orders and decorations. He has been an officer of the order of the arts and letters since 2003.
