Exhibition: Picture Perfect: The Early Archaeologist and Tourist in Egypt December 3, 2005

?Picture Perfect: The Early Archaeologist and Tourist in Egypt? features a mix of scholarly publications and travelogues documenting tourism and archaeology in Egypt from the mid-19th century to the 1920s. Filled with vivid descriptions and photographs of archaeological sites, these books helped to shape the popular conception of Egypt as a magical desert land of timeless ruins. The exhibition runs from December 4, 2005 through March 15, 2006.

The Carleton College Gould Library is open daily. Library hours are reduced when Carleton is not in session. For more information or disability accommodations, call the Carleton library at (507) 646-4260 or Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, Carleton?s curator of library art and exhibits, at (507) 646-7182.