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Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz Publisher Comments Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights and sounds of day-to-day life in a vanished desert culture. Their civilization has inspired myriad films, books, pieces of art, myths,... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries by Nicholas Reeves Publisher Comments The history of Egyptian archaeology, beginning with Napolean's Great Expedition in 1799 through to the excavation of the golden mummies in 1999, is chronicled in this book that includes excerpts from the notebooks and diaries of excavators. 350 photos... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Legends of the Egyptian Gods: Hieroglyphic Texts and Translations by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments 9 of the most interesting and important Egyptian legends in hieroglyphic texts with literal translations on facing pages. Included are The Legend of the Creation, The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind, The Legend of Isis and Osiris, and more, enhanced... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice by Byron E. Shafer Publisher Comments Meeting the need for an up-to-date English-language survey, this informative and accessible book will be welcomed by Egyptologists and their students, as well as by other readers interested in learning more about the culture and religion of ancient Egypt.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Crack the Hieroglyph Code by Lesley Adkins Publisher Comments When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his troops were astonished to find countless ruins covered with hieroglyphs -- remnants of a language lost in time. Egyptomania spread throughout Europe with their return, and the quest to decipher the hieroglyphs... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt by Peter A Clayton Synopsis This work traces all the rulers and dynasties of Egypt in their chronological order, from Narmer, who first united all the lands along the Nile, to Cleopatra 3000 years later. Timelines and other visual aids are used throughout this book.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Lesley Adkins Publisher Comments When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his troops and scientists were astonished to discover ancient temples, tombs, and statues, all covered with strange markings-the last remnants of a language lost in time. After the Rosetta Stone was uncovered... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Discoveries: Search for Ancient Egypt (Discoveries) by Jean Vercoutter Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ancient Near East Volume 1 by James B Pritchard Synopsis Writings from the cultures of biblical times supplement the Old Testament in documenting the history of the ancient Near East.... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery by Bob Brier Publisher Comments A decade ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuriesold question: How was the Great Pyramid built? How, in a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age, could such a massive, complex, and enduring structure... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt by Nina Burleigh Publisher Comments Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation--and no region aroused... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Egypt Game Book: Egypt in the Time of the Pharaohs by Berenice Schneiter Publisher Comments What is inside a pyramid? Why did the Egyptians worship cats? Where did the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris come from? How can you tell apart the portraits of the pharaohs? What role did the Sphinx play in Egyptian life? What was a festival... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.50 Used - Flexible
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Ancient Egypt: Its Culture and History by J E Manchip White Publisher Comments This fascinating account of ancient Egypt presents predynastic civilization through Ptolemies: social and political structure, daily life, international relations, religion and cult of the dead, arts and crafts, science and medicine, sacred writing, and... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $1.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tomb of Tutankamen (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Howard Carter Publisher Comments Introduction by Anthony Brandt.<P>“ Feverishly we cleared away...the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.... We made a tiny breach in the top left hand corner to see what was beyond.<P>... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Handbook of Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Study of the Ancient Language by Samuel A B Mercer Synopsis This book offers a straightforward and concise introduction to the language of Ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs, the picture signs used in the pyramid texts, and the hieratic script derived from them, are both covered in this manual. Janice Kamrin updates and... (read more) Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets of the Pharaohs by Ian Mcmahan Publisher Comments Mankind's fascination with Ancient Egypt has never waned in fifty centuries.The magnificent Pyramids, colossal temples and brooding sphinx still awe and enthrall us.Now you can explore all the secrets of one of the world's first and most mysterious... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $1.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Egypt by Jon E Lewis Publisher Comments In this new Mammoth volume's variety of firsthand accounts--from papyri, chiseled tablets, court records, temple texts, graffiti, classical Greek and Roman histories--the ancient Egyptian way of life is unfolded in colorful detail with dramatic immediacy.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt by Werner Forman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $39.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Fascinating, erudite, well-illustrated discussion of mummification processes, burial practices and goods, ritual texts, gods, graves, coffins, Book of the Dead, much more.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.99 Used - Trade Paper
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians by Rosalie David Publisher Comments The secrets of ancient Egypt are revealed in this lavishly illustrated study that explores the advances in historical research made possible by the latest state-of-the-art paleopathology technology. The dialogues in this important discussion bring to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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