Reflections of Osiris: Lives from Ancient Egypt
by John Ray


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Spanning more than two millennia, Reflections of Osiris opens a small window into a timeless world, capturing the flavor of life in ancient Egypt through vivid profiles of eleven actual people and the god Osiris. Some of the figures profiled here are... (read more)

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An Egyptian Bestiary: Animals in Life and Religion in the Land of the Pharaohs
by Philippe Germont


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Of all the world's early civilizations, it was ancient Egypt that fostered the closest relationship with the animal world. All aspects of life, both secular and sacred, gave prominent place to man's vital involvement with living creatures of every kind... (read more)

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The New Penguin Dictionary of Archaeology
by Paul G Bahn


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Includes over 2,000 articles, compiled by a team of international experts, illustrated throughout with maps and diagrams.... (read more)

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Secrets of the Sands: The Revelations of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis
by Harry Thurston


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-383) and index.... (read more)

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Ancient Egypt
by Farid Atiya


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The full range of the history and archaeology of ancient Egypt is presented in this lavishly illustrated book.... (read more)

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Plaquemine Archaeology
by Mark Rees


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Named for the small Louisiana town along the Mississippi River, Plaquemine is the designation for the material remains and sites of pre-Columbian and proto-historic Native American societies extending from the Mississippi delta on the Gulf coast to... (read more)

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Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries
by Josh Bernstein


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Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel's hit series Digging for The Truth, takesreaders beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as... (read more)

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London's Archaeological Secrets: A World City Revealed
by Chris Thomas


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Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers, and tourists, London is one of the world's most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic interest. This extravagantly illustrated book digs deeply into London's past... (read more)

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Living with Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of Southwest Ethiopia
by John W Arthur


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Arthur (anthropology, U. of South Florida) looks to one of the few regions of the world that still relies entirely upon home-made pottery to store and prepare household goods such as coffee, grain, and water, in preference to the otherwise ubiquitous... (read more)

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Egypt: How a Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered
by Joyce A Tyldesley


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"This book will not only satisfy professional Egyptologists but also attract newcomers to the field."--Kent R. Weeks, author of "The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West"... (read more)

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Labib Habachi: The Life and Legacy of an Egyptologist
by Jill Kamil


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Labib Habachi, Egypt's most perceptive and productive Egyptologist, was marginalized for most of his career, only belatedly receiving international recognition for his major contributions to the field. In Labib Habachi: The Life and Legacy of an... (read more)

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Pharaohs
by Christiane Ziegler


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 498-508) and index.... (read more)

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How the Great Pyramid Was Built:
by Craig B Smith


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Going beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredible Great Pyramid of Giza. How would the ancient Egyptians have developed their building plans... (read more)

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The Archaeology of Liberty in an American Capital: Excavations in Annapolis
by Mark P Leone


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An historical archaeologist examines what nearly 25 years of excavations in Annapolis, Maryland reveal about the methods and means by which this former American capital exerted social control on the powerful and powerless, and with minimal conflict... (read more)

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Egypt: Stones of Light
by Diane Sarofim Harle


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Adorning the temples, palaces, and monuments of the Nile River Valley, their inscrutable gazes look out across the millennia, bearing witness to the rise and fall of long-lost dynasties, just as they have witnessed the endless rise and fall of the sun... (read more)

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Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt
by Nigel Strudwick


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The British Museum has the largest and finest collection of antiquities from Egypt and the Sudan outside of those countries. Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt presents the highlights of the British Museum's Egyptian collection for the first time in print... (read more)

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Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
by Werner Forman


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With the help of Werner Forman's beautiful full-color photographs, Egyptologist Stephen Quirke explains the Pyramid Texts, created for kings and queens ca. 2400 to 2100 B.C.; the Coffin Texts, used by the affluent as well as royalty during the Middle... (read more)

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Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
by Joyce Tyldesley


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The classic account of Egypt's most famous queennow fully revised For over a decade, Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world: a beautiful queen blessed by the sun god, adored by her family... (read more)

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