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just months after egypt gained independence from britain. it was found largely intact and caused a global media frenzy. this led to people from all over the world, from scholars and archaeologists to even royalty, flocking to cairo to see the artefacts which spawned a major cultural moment. i spoke to egyptologist heba abd el gawad, based in cairo, who says the attention was both a blessing and a curse. it did effect things for ancient egypt in making it extremely popular, but it became popular in my own personal and professional view for all the wrong reasons. it had an impact on the world from a positive perspective in the sense of they became very much interested in ancient egypt. but on the very blingy, gold aspect of ancient egypt that is not the true essence of the culture, that ignores totally the artists, ignores all the other layers of the ancient egyptian history that has nothing to do with kings or queens or gold. the curators of the show