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Architecture & Sculpture
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(Author?) 1923.  (Title?). The American Architect and The Architectural Review 1923:??-??. Publication of the blueprints and decorative details for the "Grauman theatre," now known as the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California.

NEW 7/08: (Author?) 1934. Egyptian echoes in American architecture. Americana Illustrated History 28.3:??-??. Includes the Los Angeles Public Library and the Egyptian building of the Virginia Medical College.

(Author?).  1974.  (title?).  Marquee 6.4:??-??. An article about the Egyptian theatre in Ogden, Utah.

NEW 7/08: (Author?). 1980. "Egyptoid" Bridge Listed in National Register. Washigton, D.C.:  Society for Industrial Archaeology.

(Author?).  1995.  The construction of Egypt in Busch Gardens, Florida. Inside Track ??.?? (August): ??-??. An article in a periodical about the amusement park industry.

(Author/s?). 1997.  Egyptian theatres in the United States.  Marquee 29.3:??-??. Article, or articles, on Perry's Egyptian Theatre in Ogden, Utah, Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, and the Egyptian in Portland, Oregon.

NEW 8/08: Abbott, Carl. 1970. The location and external appearance of Mrs. Trollope's Bazaar. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 29.3 (October): 256-260.

Alonso de la Sota, Ana M.. 1994. Una manifestación de la Egiptomanía española del siglo XIX: el caso de Madrid. Boletín de la AsociaciónEspañola de Egiptología, Madrid 4-5: 197-208. Two monuments in Madrid by Isidro Gonzalez Velazques (1765-1840).

Ashton, Sally-Ann.  2002.  A question of authenticity and date: Roman copies and Ptolemaic originals.  British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 2:1-10. Roman Egyptianizing statuary is often mistaken for modern forgeries. Available on line.

Bakos, Margaret Marchiori. 2003. Egyptianizing motifs in architecture and art in Brazil. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Barnes, Richard.  2004.  The Obelisk:  a monumental feature in Britain.   Kirstad, Norfolk: Frontier Publishing. A study of obelisks in Britain beginning with the 16th century. 

Bonser, K.J.  1960.  Marshall's Mill, Holbeck, Leeds. Architectural Review 127.758: 280-282. A British Egyptian Revival monument.

Broman, Elizabeth.  2001.  Egyptian Revival funerary art in Green-Wood CemeteryMarkers (Annual Journal for the Association of Gravestone Studies) 18: 30-67. Egyptianizing monuments in this Brooklyn cemetery. This article won a Worldwide Books Award for Publications from the Art Libraries Society of North America. 

Brown, Nancy A. Houghton.  1969.  An Egyptian revival in eighteenth-century English architecture?  ("A typescript of a research course paper for Rudolf Wittkower.")

Bryan, Cathie.  2003. Egypt in Paris: 19th century monuments and motifs. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Butler, Beverly. 2003. "Egyptianizing" the Alexandrina: the contemporary revival of the ancient Mouseion/Library. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Carrott, Richard G. 1966. The neo-Egyptian style in American architecture. Antiques 90.4 (October, 1966): 482-488. A summary of the theme and its symbolism. 

Carrott, Richard G. 1978. The Egyptian revival: its sources, monuments, and meaning 1808-1858. Berkeley: University of California Press. 

Cerulus, Frans A. 2007. A pyramid inspired by mathematics. Nexus Network Journal 9.2 (October):299-3210. Mathematical ratios used in the construction of a pyramid near Brussels in the 1700s "were influenced by Egyptomania."

Cornelius, Iza. 2003. Egyptianizing motifs in South African architecture.  In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Coury, Ralph M. 1992.  The politics of the funereal: the tomb of Saad Zaghlul. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 29: 191-200. 

Curl, James Stevens.  1991. Aspects of the Egyptian Revival in architectural design in the nineteenth century: themes and motifs. In: L'Egitto fuori dell'Egitto. Dalla riscoperta all'Egittologia. Ed. Cristiana Morigi Govi, Silvio Curto, Sergio Pernigotti [Atti del Convegno Internazionale Bologna 26-29 marzo 1990], Bologna, Editrice CLUEB [Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice]: 89-96. 

Curl, James Stevens. 1996. Les thèmes décoratifs égyptisants et la franc-maçonnnerie. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 345-365. Egyptian Revival architecture in France and Germany as related to the rise of Freemasonry and Neoclassicism. 

Daszewski, Wiktor A.. 1994. The origins of Hellenistic hypogea in Alexandria. In:  In: Aspekte spätägyptischer Kultur. Festschrift für Erich Winter zum 65. Geburtstag. Ed. Martina Minas, Jürgen Zeidler. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern  = Aegyptiaca Treverensia. Trierer Studien zum Griechisch-Römischen Ägypten 7: 51-68. 

Delamaire, Marie-Stéphanie. 2003. Searching for Egypt: Egypt in 19th century American world exhibitions.  In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Elliot, Chris & Katherine Griffis-Greenberg & Richard Lunn.  2003. Egypt in London - entertainment and commerce in the 20th century metropolis.  In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

NEW 6/08: Ertman, Earl L. 2007. Mystery of a sphinx and four pyramids in Ohio. Kmt 17.2:79-81, 84.

Fazzini, Richard A. 1996.  L'Égyptomanie dans l'architecture américaine. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 227-278. Egyptian Revival architecture in America from the early 19th through late 20th centuries. 

Fazzini, Richard A. & Mary E. McKercher. 2003. "Egyptomania" and American architecture.  In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

NEW 8/08: Foley, Mary Mix. 1980. The American House. New York: Harper & Row. Chapter 10, "The Romantic Revivals," features "Egyptian Revival, Elizabeth Apthorp House, New Haven CT, Alexander Jackson Davis architect."

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.   1960.  Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. A history of the Masonic temple at Broad and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia, including a chapter on the Egyptian Hall. 

Grimm, Alfred.  1995a.  Aegyptiaca aus dem königlichen Antiquarium. In: Theatrum Hieroglyphicum. Ägyptisierende Bildwerke des Barock. Aegyptiaca aus dem Königlichen Antiquarium der Münchener Residenz. Das Pantheon in Wörlitz. München. Staatliche: Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst: 7-64. Egyptianizing pieces with pseudo-hieroglyphs of the late 18th century inspired by publications by Athanasius Kircher. 

Grimm, Alfred.  1995b.  Götterdämmerung an der Elbe. Ein Beitrag zur Ägyptenromantik der Goethezeit. In: Theatrum Hieroglyphicum. Ägyptisierende Bildwerke des Barock. Aegyptiaca aus dem Königlichen Antiquarium der Münchener Residenz Das Pantheon in Wörlitz. München: Staatliche: Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst: 95-108. Contemporary reactions to the Pantheon at Wörlitz and the sources of inspiration for sculptor Doell's Egyptianizing pieces in it. 

Guillemot, Maurice. 1905. Un statuaire américain: O'Connor. L'Art et les Artistes 4 (Juillet):141-??. Includes an Egyptian Revival funerary monument by Andrew O'Connor.

Hamill, John & Pierre Mollier. 2003. Rebuilding the sanctuaries of Memphis: Egypt in Masonic iconography and architecture. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Harmon, Robert B.  1982.  Egyptian Revival in American Architecture: a brief style guide.  Vance Bibliographies. 

Heckscher, William.  1947.  Bernini's elephant and obelisk. Art Bulletin 29.3: 154-182.

Helgesen, Terry. 1969. Grauman's Egyptian Theatre. Pasadena, Calif. : International Theatre Organ Society Publishers.

Hobbs-Halmay, Helen McCormick.  1992.  The development of Egyptian Revival architecture in San Diego County.  Journal of San Diego History 38.2 (Spring): ??-??.  A survey of 20th century Egyptian Revival architecture, including motivations behind the movement. Online version available.

Honour, Hugh.  1954. Curiosities of the Egyptian Hall. Country Life 115: 38-39. The English Egyptian Revival. 

Honour, Hugh.  1955.  The Egyptian tasteConnoisseur 135.546: 242-246. The English Egyptian Revival. 

Hope, Colin A.  2003. Ancient Egypt in Melbourne and the state of Victoria, Australia. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Hoobler, James.  1976. Karnack on the Cumberland. Tennessee Historical Quarterly (Fall 1976): 257-58, 260. 

NEW 8/08: Howell, Peter. 1984. The Jubilee Tower on Moel Famau. Architectural History 27, Design and Practice in British Architecture: Studies in Architectural History Presented to Howard Colvin, 331-343. A tower built in 1810 in honor of George III's fiftieth reignal year.

Humbert, Jean-Marcel. 1991. L'égyptomanie dans la décoration intérieure au XIXe siècle: vers l'universalisation d'un mythe. In: L'Egitto fuori dell'Egitto. Dalla riscoperta all'Egittologia. Ed. Cristiana Morigi Govi, Silvio Curto, Sergio Pernigotti [Atti del Convegno Internazionale Bologna 26-29 marzo 1990], Bologna, Editrice CLUEB [Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice]:  221-231. 

Humbert, Jean-Marcel. 1994.  La redécouverte de Dendera et son interprétation dans l'art du XIXe siècle. In: Hommages à Jean Leclant. Volume. Volume 4: Varia.  Ed. Catherine Berger, Gisèle Clerc; Nicolas Grimal. Le Caire: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1994 = Bibliothèque d'étude, 106/4: 137-146. The use of motifs from the temple of Dendera in 19th century architecture and decorative arts. 

Humbert, Jean-Marcel.  2003.  The Egyptianizing pyramid from the 18th to the 20th century. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. 

Humbert, Jean-Marcel & Clifford Price (eds.).  2003. Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology. Collection of articles on ancient Egypt as an inspiration for architecture and art.  Here: Price & Humbert 2003; Humbert 2003; Whitehouse 2003; Werner 2003; Elliot &al. 2003; Delamaire 2003; Fazzini & McKercher 2003; Hope 2003; Bryan 2003; Hamill & Mollier 2003; Rosati 2003; Bakos 2003; Cornelius 2003; Butler 2003. 

Jaeger, Bertrand. 1991. L'Egitto alla corte dei Gonzaga (la Loggia delle Muse al Palazzo Te ed altre testimonianze). In: L'Egitto fuori dell'Egitto. Dalla riscoperta all'Egittologia. Ed. Cristiana Morigi Govi, Silvio Curto, Sergio Pernigotti [Atti del Convegno Internazionale Bologna 26-29 marzo 1990], Bologna, Editrice CLUEB [Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice]:  233-253.

Jaeger, Bertrand. 1996. Le café Pedrocchi de Padoue et la "modification du regard" porté sur l'Égypte ancienne en Italie au XIXe siècle. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 187-225. The Egyptian room in an 1831 cafe at Padua. The scarcity of Egyptian Revival architecture in Italy is attributed to its funerary associations.

Jones, Owen and Bonomi, Joseph. 1854. Description of the Egyptian Court Erected in the Crystal PalaceLondon:  Crystal Palace Library.

NEW 8/08: Kastl, Helmut & Olaf Hein. 1970. Gli Obeslischi di Roma e le Loro Epigrafi. Rome: Editalia.

Lancaster, Clay. 1947. Oriental forms in American architecture, 1800-1870. Art Bulletin 29.3: 183-103. Includes discussion of the Egyptian Revival.

Lancaster, Clay. 1950a.  The Egyptian Revival in America. Archaeology 3: 164-169. Architecture.

Lancaster, Clay. 1950b. The Egyptian style and Mrs. Trollope's Bazaar. Magazine of Art 43: 95-???. An early, but not especially Egyptian, example of the Egyptian style in America.

NEW 8/08: Lancaster, Clay. 1960. Architectural Follies in America, or Hammer, Saw-Tooth and Nail. Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle. Reprint: 1996. New York: New York Preservation Press/John Wiley & Sons.

Lancaster, Clay & Joseph Byron.  1976.  New York Interiors at the Turn of the Century.  New York: Dover. Among the influences evident and discussed are those of ancient Egypt.

Landy, Jacob.  1970.  The Architecture of Minard Lafever.  New York: Columbia University Press. Includes Egyptian Revival works. Lafever worked in New York 1825-1855.

Lawrence, Sarah E.  2007.  Piranesi: the aesthetic of eclecticism and his Egyptian style. The Magazine Antiques (October): 122-129.

Littlewood, Kevin. 1999. Rhymney's Egyptian Revival Images and Interpretations of the Bute Ironworks, Glamorganshire, 1824-44.   National Library of Wales Journal 31:11-39.

Maass, John.  1957.  The Gingerbread Age: a view of Victorian America New York: Bramhall House. A survey of architecture including public and private buildings, 1840-1880, inclouding Egyptian Revival examples.

McDowell, Peggy & Richard E. Meyer.  1994.  The Revival Styles in American Memorial Art.  Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. Examines expressions of the Gothic, Greek, and Egyptian Revivals in cemetery monuments.

Merrillees, Robert S. 1996. "Israël en Égypte" aux antipodes: les premières synagogues en Australie. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 279-304. Four mid-19th century Egyptian Revival synagogues in Australia; their connection with Freemasonry.

NEW 6/08: Ossian. Clair. 2007. The Egyptian Court of London's Crystal Palace. Kmt 18.3:64-73.

Patanè, Massimo. 1998.  Varia Genevensia. Genève: Éditions Tellus Nostra.

Pevsner, Nikolaus & S. Lang.  1956.  The Egyptian Revival. Architectural Review 119: 242-254.  Reprinted in Pevsner, Nikolaus.  1968.  Studies in Art, Architecture and Design I: from Mannerism to Romanticism.  New York: Walker.

Price, Clifford & Jean-Marcel Humbert.  2003.  An architecture between dream and meaning. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology.

Roos, Frank J. 1940. The Egyptian style. Magazine of Art 33: 218-223, 255, 257. The first important discussion of the Egyptian Revival in American architecture.

Rosati, Gloria. 2003. Neo-Egyptian garden ornaments in Florence during the 19th century. In: Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing architecture. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price. London: UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology.

NEW 8/08: Ross, M. D. 1960. (Review) Architectural Follies in America, or Hammer, Saw-Tooth and Nail by Clay Lancaster. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 19.4 (December): 179-180. A review of Lancaster 1960.

Sack, Kevin.  1995.  Behind the pyramids, a modern money-making marvel.  The New York Times (December 18). News article regarding an Egyptianizing riverboat casino (the Empress) in Joliet, Illinois.

Saguar Quer, Carlos. 1996. De la Vallée des Rois à la "Valle de los Caídos": pyramides, obélisques et hypogées dans l'architecture espagnol. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 305-341. Spanish Egyptian Revival from the late 18th century through the 1970s.

Selz, Peter Howard & Janson, Anthony F.  1999.  Barbara Chase-Riboud: Sculptor.  New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Fine Arts. The work of this African-American sculptor's themes include, among others, pharaonic deities and Cleopatra.

Syndram, Dirk. 1996.  Les sources de l'inspiration: l'influence des modèles iconographiques sur l'égyptomanie du XVIIIe siècle. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 39-58. An Apis altar by the Baroque sculptor Dinglinger in Dresden, Germany.

Syndram, Dirk.  1999.  Die Ägyptenrezeption unter August dem Starken. Der "Apis-Altar" Johann Melchior Dinglingers. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie.  Mainz am Rhein: ??. Publication of the goldsmith's Apis altar for the Green Vaults of Augustus the Strong, and related pieces, 1730.

Tietze, Christian.  1995.  Das Pantheon in Wörlitz. In: Theatrum Hieroglyphicum. Ägyptisierende Bildwerke des Barock. Aegyptiaca aus dem Königlichen Antiquarium der Münchener Residenz. Das Pantheon in Wörlitz. München: Staatliche: Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst: 65-93. The Pantheon was intended to demonstrate the relationship between Egyptian gods and classical civilization, but failed when the savants of Napoleon brought to Europe more accurate depictions of Egyptian material.

Tolles, Bryant F., Carolyn K. Tolles.  1983.  Architecture in Salem:  an illustrated guide Salem, Massachusetts:  Essex Institute/Historic Salem, Inc. Includes at least one Egyptian Revival example.

Ucko, P.J., Price, C., Quirke, S. 2006. The Earl's Court Homebase car park facade. Public Archaeology 5.1:42-50.

Ucko, P. J., Price, C., Quirke, S. 2006. A recent Egyptianizing house built on the bank of the Thames. Public Archaeology 5.1:51-57.

Vogel, Hans.  1928-1929.  Aegyptisierende Baukunst des Klassizismus. Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst 62: 160-165. Reported to be the first article on Egyptian Revival architecture.

Volait, Mercedes. 1996.  Les architectures d'inspiration pharaonique en Égypte: formes et fondements. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 435-458. Egyptian Egyptomania.

Warmenbol, Eugène. 1992. Avec des obélisques pour uniques montagnes. In: L'atelier de l'orfèvre. Mélanges offerts à Ph. Derchain. Ed. M. Broze et Ph. Talon. Leuven: Peeters, 183-200.

Werner, Friederike. 1994. Ägyptenrezeption in der europäischen Architektur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Weimar: VDG Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften. The development of Egyptian Revival architecture through the 19th century and its contemporary assessment.

Westcott, W. Wynn.  1887. The Isiac Tablet, or the Bembine Table of Isis.   ??:??. Publication of this important Egyptianizing monument.  Reprinted as Westcott 1976.

Westcott, W. Wynn.  1976. The Isiac Tablet, or the Bembine Table of Isis Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society. Reprint of Westcott 1887, with a preface by Manly Palmer Hall.

Whitehouse, Helen. 1996.  L'Égypte sous la neige. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 161-186. Egyptian Revival architecture in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tsarskoje Selo, Pavlovsk, and Archangelskoje, with remarks on Russian literature, including the poet Ossip Mandelstam.

Wilson, Laurie. 1993. Alberto Giacometti's copies of Egyptian art: the Louvre or not the Louvre? Source: Notes in the History of Art 13.1:26-30.

NEW 8/08:  Wischnitzer, Rachel.  1951.  The Egyptian Revival in Synagogue Architecture. Philadelphia: American Jewish Historical Society.

Wischnitzer, Rachel.  1954.  Thomas U. Walter's Crown Street Synagogue, 1848-49. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 13.4 (December):29-31.

Wood, G.B.  1960. Egyptian temple at Leeds.  Country Life 128.3326: 1363-1365. The Egyptianizing Marshall's Mill in Holbeck, Leeds.

Woodhouse, W. J.  1927.  Explanatory of the Decorations of the Egyptian Room in the Royal Arch Temple, 22-24 College Street Sydney. Kingsly Press.

Ziegler, Christiane. 1996. L'Égypte et le décor des musées européens au XIXe siècle. In: L'Égyptomanie à l'épreuve de l'archéologie. Actes du colloque international organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel du musée du Louvre. Ed. Jean-Marcel Humbert. Bruxelles, Éditions du Gram / Paris, Musée du Louvre = Conférences et colloques du Louvre: 139-158. 

Zukowsky, John.  1976.  Monumental American obelisks: centennial vistas. The Art Bulletin 58.4 (December):574-581.

WEB SITES:

The Development of Egyptian Revival Architecture in San Diego County, by Helen McCormick Hobbs-Halmay. <<http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/92spring/revival.htm>> Online version of Hobbs-Halmay 1992.

Egyptian Theatre. <<http://www.egyptiantheatre.org/>> Home page of the Egyptian Theatre in Dekalb, Illinois.

Egyptomania, photographs by Tim Street-Porter.  <<http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/egyptomania_slideshow200801>> (Slide show of Egyptian Revival movie theatres.)

"Egyptomania!" rages in Paris: taking a new look at an old fancy. <<http://www.metropoleparis.com/1998/305/egypt305.html>>

Herbert Hoover National Monument -- Statue of Isis. <<http://www.nps.gov/heho/photosmultimedia/isis-statue.htm>> The statue was awarded by Belgium in 1922 in gratitude for his help with relief efforts during World War I. Isis here is the goddess of plenty.

National Trust | Biddulph Grange Garden | Photo Gallery.  <<http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-biddulphgrangegarden/w-biddulph-photo_gallery.htm>> (The garden includes Egyptian Revival statuary [sphinxes, cow with solar disk].)

Omaha's Egyptian Revival Architecture, by Gregory Bucher. <<http://moses.creighton.edu/bucher/Interests%20pages/Omaha%20Houses/Egyptian_revival.htm>>

Packerland Annals -- Egyptian Revival. <<http://packerland.blogspot.com/2008/03/egyptian-revival.html>> An Egyptian Revival garage at 143 North Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Shades of ancient Egypt found in Nevada, by Ron James <<http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/dca/thiswas/thiswas09.htm>>

A Short Tour of San Diego Egyptomania, by deTraci Regula.  <<http://egyptmonth.com/mag08012000/mag3.htm>> (Scroll down the page for this brief article.)

Watch Like an Egyptian, by Bruce Handy.  <<http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/egyptomania200801?currentPage=1>> (Egyptian Revival movie theatres.)

NEW 6/08:  Wikipedia: List of Pyramid Mausoleums in North America.  <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revival_architecture>>

Wikipedia: Egyptian Revival architecture.  <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revival_architecture>>

NEW 8/08:  Virtual Tour of the Downtown Presbyterian Church.  <<http://www.dpchurch.com/dpctour.htm>> The exterior, interior, and organ of this Nashville, Tennessee church are Egyptian Revival.

Wikipedia: Egyptian Revival architecture.  <<

Vince's St. Louis - building - B3, by Vincent Vega.  <<http://www.vincesstlouis.com/buildings/b003.html>> (Photograph of the exterior of a building in St. Lous, Missouri, built in 1903; the 1928/1930 lobby, not pictured, is Egyptian Revival with a Tiffany Egyptian Revival chandelier.)

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