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Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
by Elliott Colla  Publisher Comments Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates...
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Labib Habachi: The Life and Legacy of an Egyptologist
by Jill Kamil Publisher Comments 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...
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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary Volume 1
by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 1 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words or terms that occur in texts ranging from 3000 B.C. to 600 A.D. Each entry consists of a transliteration of the word, the word in hieroglyphs, and the meaning in English. Indispensable to...
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Books of the Dead (Art & Imagination Series)
by Stanislav Grof Synopsis The art of dying and the posthumous journey of the soul have been the subject of extensive literature in many cultures. This book considers some of these most important works: the ancient Egyptian funerary texts; the Tibetan Bardo Thodol; and the Maya...
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
by Rosalie David Publisher Comments As the delicately painted mummy case moves slowly through the CAT scanner, remarkable images appear. Artificial eyes have been placed in the sockets. Between the bandages lie pieces of jewelry, a gold vulture with outstretched wings, and a stone beetle...
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Egypt and the Egyptians (2ND 07 Edition)
by Douglas J. Brewer Publisher Comments A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to over three thousand years of ancient Egyptian civilization....
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Egipto Desde el Aire / Egypt from the Air
by Marcello Bertinetti Publisher Comments Marcello Bertinetti's insightful text and gorgeous images?- including satellite photography ? cover everything from Egypt's seemingly limitless dunes, to the coral reefs of the Red Sea, to the stark wadis and red mountains of central Sinai. This book...
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The Lost Tomb
by Kent R Weeks Publisher Comments Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy feet below the surface of Egypt's Valley of the Kings he found the largest and most complicated mausoleum yet discovered, the tomb of Ramesses II's sons. Now for the first time, Weeks shares up-to-the-...
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The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E.
by Karol Mysliwiec Publisher Comments Originally published in Polish, The Twilight of Ancient Egypt appeared in 1998 in a German edition. The Cornell edition has been updated by the author and also contains previously unpublished photographs of recently discovered treasures....
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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
by Howard Carter Publisher Comments Join Howard Carter in his fascinating odyssey toward the most dramatic archaeological find of the century--the tomb of Tutankhamen. Written by Carter only one year after his discovery, this book captures the overwhelming exhilaration of the find, the...
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Osiris & the Egyptian Resurrection Volume 1
by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 1 of the most comprehensive, scholarly work on Osiris. Includes translations of numerous texts, reproductions of classical Egyptian art—iconography, the Heaven of Osiris, liturgy, shrines and mysteries, funeral and burial practices, human...
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Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
by Margaret Bunson Publisher Comments THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT is the first single-volume reference guide to the remarkable culture that flourished on the banks of the Nile from the predynastic period, 3200 B.C., to the fall of the New Kingdom in 1070 B.C. Illustrated with more than...
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Annales Du Service Des Antiquites De Le
by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments The Annales du Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte is a well-known and respected series on Egyptology and excavations published by the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt....
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The Pocket Book of Tutankhamun: The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
by Abeer El Shahawy Publisher Comments The companion to the Pocket Book of the Egyptian Museum, this mini-guide features images and descriptions of the more than 1,400 artifacts unearthed in Howard Carter's astonishing discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun....
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Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh
by Joyce Tyldesley Publisher Comments Tyldesley reveals the truth behind the legend in this lively exploration that adds a more human dimension to the tale. 16pp b/w and line drawings....
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Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy King
by Christine El Mahdy Publisher Comments When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth-and seemingly bizarre rituals-of ancient Egypt. What kind of society could produce such...
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Pyramids: Temples & Tombs of Ancient Egypt: Discover the Fascinating and Mysterious World of the Pharaohs with Ins
by Lorna Oakes Publisher Comments Discover the fascinating and mysterious world of the pharoahs with insightful text and more than 500 stunning colour...
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Egypt: Pharaonic Period (Dictionaries of Civilization)
by Alessia Fassone Publisher Comments Among ancient civilizations, Egypt was one of the most evolved and is probably now the best known, thanks to a continuing fascination with mummies, pyramids, and mysterious sphinxes. This beautifully-designed pocket reference presents ancient Egypt in...
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Gods of the Egyptians Volume 2
by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 2 of the work providing thorough coverage of numerous gods of ancient Egypt by foremost Egyptologist. Information on evolution of cults, rites and gods; the cult of Osiris; the Book of the Dead and its rites; the sacred animals and birds; Heaven...
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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...
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