Egyptology functioned as a branch of Orientalism shaping West’s cultural output

Evidence

Stoker was keenly interested in the East. We see this in the use of travel narratives in Dracula, the Count’s harem, and numerous other references to Ottomans, Islam, and the “desert.” The Jewel of the Seven Stars reflects the West’s fascination with the East, especially Egypt’s mummies. Egyptology emerged as a subfield of Orientalism that affected numerous modes of cultural production, including architecture and cinema. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 562

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the ‘manufactured image’ thesis to Egyptology as its own Orientalist apparatus; dovetails with Said’s Orientalism.
• DEFINE: Positions Egyptology as a defined subfield of Orientalism with distinct cultural consequences.