Egyptomania: Sphinxes, Obelisks, and Scarabs

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Figure in the Egyptian style; detail of a fountain on the Rue de Sèvres, Paris.

Isis with Horus

Fountain and the Luxor Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, Paris.

Boris Karloff as Imhotep stands over Zita Johann lying in a sarcophagus in a scene from the 1932 film The Mummy, with Egyptian statues and wall art in the background.

Elizabeth Taylor (centre) and Rex Harrison (left of centre) in Cleopatra (1963), directed by Joseph Mankiewicz.

Entrance to the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tenn., in the Egyptian style.

Egyptomania: Sphinxes, Obelisks, and Scarabs: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Changed title from "Egyptomania" to "Egyptomania: Sphinxes, Obelisks, and Scarabs."	Kathleen Kuiper	Apr 16, 2010
	"Egyptomania" section added.	Anita Wolff	May 17, 2007