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Like our weather fronts that come and go, trends in architecture come and go as well. These trends are most often driven by social preferences of the time, advances in technology, new construction techniques and, in the case of Egyptian Revival, by an archaeological discovery in 1922.
In November of that year, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, aka King Tut. Carter's discovery of the famous tomb and its artifacts led to what is considered to be the third of several revivals of Egyptian architecture.See the full content of this document
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Egyptian Influence Revived
Historians claim that the world's fascination with the Egyptian culture and its architecture can be traced back to Napoleon Bonaparte's conquest o...
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