Lifting the Veil

From Napoleon Bonaparte with his schemes to control the overland route to India, to tomb-raiders such as Giovanni Belzoni; from scholars like hieroglyph-decoder Champollion to Thomas Cook and his wide-eyed tourists, this narrative illuminates a bygone world and charts the end of imperialism and the advent of Egyptian Independence.

De la Napoleon Bonaparte cu planurile sale de a controla ruta pe uscat catre India, pana la razboinici de morminte precum Giovanni Belzoni; de la carturari precum hierogliful-decodificator Champollion la Thomas Cook si turistii sai cu ochii mari, aceasta naratiune lumineaza o lume trecuta si prezinta sfarsitul imperialismului si aparitia Independentei egiptene.