
Mary E. McKercher
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Research Associate in Egyptian Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Assistant Director, Brooklyn Museum Archaeological Expedition to the Precinct of Mut at South Karnak. Co-author (with Richard Fazzini) “Egyptomania” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, vol. 1.
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Fascination with Egypt has existed for millennia, Isis temples in Greece being known by the 4th century bce. Romans imported a multitude of genuine Egyptian objects and created their own “Egyptian” works: Hadrian’s villa at Tivoli, built about 125–134 ce, featured an Egyptian garden with…
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