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Egyptomania

Noun

Meaning

Egyptomania (uncountable)

Obsessive interest shown by Westerners for ancient Egyptian culture, especially during the 19th century.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

El-Daly (2005) p. 112 In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, European travelers and tourists brought back antiquities and wrote stories of their journeys, leading to a wave of Egyptomania across Europe. Source: Internet

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