Even one hundred years after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, its repercussions can still be felt. In this paper we analyze the book entitled Tut-Ankh-Amon y la Civilización de Oriente (1928) by Víctor Mercante, who travelled to Egypt in 1923. This is the first book about Tutankhamun ever written in Spanish. In it, Carter’s discovery is revealed to the reader and an Aegean thesis is proposed so as to understand the historical context of the ancient pharaoh. The Aegean thesis refers to a proposal made by Mercante by means of which the Aegean civilization is directly credited with all cultural, trade, and political development during the Amarna Period. Mercante’s book constitutes a piece of writing from the margins of Egyptology, within the framework of Orientalism, and it marks the beginning of the discipline in Argentina.

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图坦卡蒙与东方文明：维克多·梅坎特与阿根廷埃及学的开端

即使在图坦卡蒙陵墓被发现一百年后，它的影响仍然可以感受到。在本文中，我们分析了名为Tut-Ankh-Amon y la Civilización de Oriente(1928) 作者 Víctor Mercante，他于 1923 年前往埃及。这是第一本用西班牙语写的关于图坦卡蒙的书。书中向读者揭示了卡特的发现，并提出了一篇爱琴海论文，以了解古代法老的历史背景。爱琴海论点指的是 Mercante 提出的一项提议，通过该提议，爱琴海文明直接归功于阿马尔纳时期的所有文化、贸易和政治发展。Mercante 的书构成了东方学框架内埃及学边缘的一篇著作，它标志着该学科在阿根廷的开端。