What is an example of egyptomania?
Pyramid Mausoleums, flat-roofed mastabas, lotus columns, obelisks, and sphinxes were especially popular in 19th century rural or garden cemeteries. For example, the gateway of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston and the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut were constructed in the Egyptian Revival style. Why was the Victorian era a time egyptomania? Egyptomania was…