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The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries
by Mark Lehner  Publisher Comments "A fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid of ancient Egypt."—Atlanta Journal Constitution Mark Lehner brings his many years of field research in Egypt to this definitive book. He examines the pyramids in unprecedented detail, covering...
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The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs
by Nicholas Reeves Publisher Comments "For all those interested in the burial practices in New Kingdom Egypt, this should be the first book to consult. " —Journal of the American Oriental Society This account of the Valley of the Kings brings together the art, archaeology, and history...
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Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
by Joyce Tyldesley Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index....
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The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments
by Miroslav Verner Synopsis From the ancient culture that created the pyramids to the excavation sites that have been discovered to date, Verner, a preeminent Egyptologist, recounts the history of ancient Egypt and describes the religious and political beliefs that gave rise to its...
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Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
by Barbara Mertz Publisher Comments A fascinating, erudite, and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt—this acclaimed classic work is now revised and updated for a new generation Displaying the unparalleled descriptive power, unerring eye for fascinating detail, keen...
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Egypt: 4000 Years of Art
by Jaromir Malek Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 367) and index....
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Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries
by Nicholas Reeves Synopsis This is the story of Ancient Egypt as it was revealed to the world - a succession of discoveries and treasures. The book provides a trip through the golden ages of archeaology in Egypt, from the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 to the Golden...
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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....
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Secrets of the Sands: The Revelations of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis
by Harry Thurston Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-383) and index....
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The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited
by John Romer Publisher Comments Offers a completely new explanation of how the Great Pyramid was designed and built....
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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...
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The Quest for Immortality: Hidden Treasures of Egypt
by Erik Hornung Synopsis Ancient Egyptian antiquities are dominated by art and artifacts depicting the Netherworld -- the alternate universe mummified bodies would enter at the end of their physical lives, where they would live on for eternity. In this dazzling book, photographs...
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Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
by Werner Forman Synopsis 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...
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Nefertiti
by Michelle Moran Publisher Comments Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh...
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Life of the Ancient Egyptians
by Eugen Strouhal Publisher Comments "Strouhal's book is essentially a descriptive ethnography of ancient Egypt. Its 20 concise chapters lucidly summarize the evidence -- textual, artistic, and archaeological -- for such topics as childhood, education, courtship and marriage, farming and...
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Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is home to some of the most exquisite artifacts in existence, yet many of these wonders have never been seen outside Egypt. Now, for the first time, world-famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass takes readers on a tour of these long...
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The Search for Nefertiti: The True Story of an Amazing Discovery
by Joann Fletcher Publisher Comments Her power was rivaled only by her beauty. Her face has become one of the most recognizable images in the world. She was an independent woman and thinker centuries before her time. But who was Egypt's Queen Nefertiti? After years of intense research, Dr...
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The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness
by Edward F Malkowski Publisher Comments How ancient Egyptians understood quantum theory - Investigates the history of how modern religion and the Age of Science were inspired by the sacred science of the ancients - Examines how quantum theory explains that the cosmos arises from consciousness -...
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The Cat in Ancient Egypt
by Jaromir Malek Synopsis A variety of artistic and written sources reveal how e cat became one of the most widely esteemed animals in ancient Egyptian society....
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Coptic Egypt : Christians of the Nile (01 Edition)
by Christian Cannuyer Synopsis 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...
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