Egypt
William Stevenson Smith, Ph. D.
New York Graphic Society
1960
U.S.A.
Library of Congress Card No. 60-13944
I am a huge fan of "The Giza Archives Project" and "The Boston Museum of Fine Arts" so that when I was in a used book store recently and found this 1960 printing by William Stevenson Smith I put aside the book I was reading and went directly to this one.
At less than 200 pages the book was a relief from the giants I have been reading recently. Ancient Egypt starts off interesting and thorough in its facts without the unnecessary depth of minutia the authors words are accompanied by a good selection of objects from the Boston museum's collection.
The chronological order of the book is fortunate as Boston's museum has one of the finest collections of Old Kingdom artifacts outside of Cairo so the book heads almost immediately into some of the museums finest masterpieces including the bust of Prince Ankh-haf and the statues of King Mycerinus.
The author than gives a good narrative of the Middle Kingdom and the museums collection from that period including the outer cedar coffin of Djehuty Nakht considered the finest painted wooden coffin of the age and the many models found in that tomb including the extremely rare brick makers, one of only three examples ever found and though unmentioned Djehuty Nakht's head.
As a huge fan of this museum and the bulletins from the Harvard excavations from the early twentieth century I was expecting some of those great moments but was pleased that the book has plenty of details I have not read before.
The New Kingdom and the Late Period were well written and accompanied by some superb objects including the sarcophagus' of Kings Thutmosis I from the valley of kings and that of the Nubian King Aspelta.
This book was a excellent rundown of the history of Egypt with a fine look at this most important of collections written by the finest of Egyptologists.
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Egypt
Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
William Stevenson Smith, Ph. D.
New York Graphic Society
1960
U.S.A.
Library of Congress Card No. 60-13944
I am a huge fan of "The Giza Archives Project" and "The Boston Museum of Fine Arts" so that when I was in a used book store recently and found this 1960 printing by William Stevenson Smith I put aside the book I was reading and went directly to this one.
At less than 200 pages the book was a relief from the giants I have been reading recently. Ancient Egypt starts off interesting and thorough in its facts without the unnecessary depth of minutia the authors words are accompanied by a good selection of objects from the Boston museum's collection.
The chronological order of the book is fortunate as Boston's museum has one of the finest collections of Old Kingdom artifacts outside of Cairo so the book heads almost immediately into some of the museums finest masterpieces including the bust of Prince Ankh-haf and the statues of King Mycerinus.
The author than gives a good narrative of the Middle Kingdom and the museums collection from that period including the outer cedar coffin of Djehuty Nakht considered the finest painted wooden coffin of the age and the many models found in that tomb including the extremely rare brick makers, one of only three examples ever found and though unmentioned Djehuty Nakht's head.
As a huge fan of this museum and the bulletins from the Harvard excavations from the early twentieth century I was expecting some of those great moments but was pleased that the book has plenty of details I have not read before.
The New Kingdom and the Late Period were well written and accompanied by some superb objects including the sarcophagus' of Kings Thutmosis I from the valley of kings and that of the Nubian King Aspelta.
This book was a excellent rundown of the history of Egypt with a fine look at this most important of collections written by the finest of Egyptologists.
- Egyptian Treasures: From The Collections Of The Brooklyn Museum
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York 1978 ISBN 0-8109-2170-7 How I dislike over sized books this one though half a book shelf long is not thick and it's size is exploited beautifully with full page photographs by Seth Joel. Many beautiful objects...
- Chronicle Of The Pharaohs
Peter A. Clayton Thames and Hudson New York 1994 ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28628-9 The book opens with the usual background information on Pharaonic Egypt including the authors intentions of tracing Egyptian history through kingship. The introduction deals...
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I have long been fascinated by tomb 10a at El Bersha, the tombs occupant a governor named Djehutynakht was buried in what may be the finest surviving coffin of the Middle Kingdom. His wife in the tomb next to him and what might be the largest collection...
- King Aspelta's Burial
Here is an exhibition on the burial of the Nubian King Aspelta. http://www.ncaaa.org/exhibitions/aspelta/ASPELTA/index.html The kings burial was uncovered by Dr. George Reisner at the beginning of the 20th century and thankfully because the ceiling in...
- The Valley Of Kings By Otto Neubert, Ca.1957
Otto Neubert Robert Hale Limited 1957 ASIN: B000U04LWI This fascinating book is filled with unusual highlights from excavations in the first half of the twentieth century. Complete with a mention of the recently found mask of Kanefernefer before it was...