Egypt
Alessia Amenta
White Star publishers
2005
ISBN 88-544-0068-8
This large but not huge volume is filled with wonderful photographs by Araldo De Luca with its text by Alessia Amenta. The book is not very in depth but rather a light look at the artifacts from ancient Egypt's main Pharaonic periods.
Each period is preceded with a description of that period and followed by artifacts, often famous with their individual descriptions. Famous indeed but I still found a couple of the objects that were unknown to me.
Despite the books name the objects belonging to the boy king make up a nice selection without over dominating the book. The section on the royal mummies of course is represented by the usual kings so not much there.
The content of this book and the masterpieces chosen made for a good mornings read certainly an appropriate volume for readers young and old and those who have only a few minutes to glance at the pages. Short and Sweet!
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Egypt
The Treasures of Tutankhamun and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo
Alessia Amenta
White Star publishers
2005
ISBN 88-544-0068-8
This large but not huge volume is filled with wonderful photographs by Araldo De Luca with its text by Alessia Amenta. The book is not very in depth but rather a light look at the artifacts from ancient Egypt's main Pharaonic periods.
Each period is preceded with a description of that period and followed by artifacts, often famous with their individual descriptions. Famous indeed but I still found a couple of the objects that were unknown to me.
Despite the books name the objects belonging to the boy king make up a nice selection without over dominating the book. The section on the royal mummies of course is represented by the usual kings so not much there.
The content of this book and the masterpieces chosen made for a good mornings read certainly an appropriate volume for readers young and old and those who have only a few minutes to glance at the pages. Short and Sweet!
- Egypt To The End Of The Old Kingdom
Cyril Aldred McGraw-Hill Company New York 1974 ISBN: 9780070009950 This short book is particularly for the young as it is easy to read and understand with good reliable information. Part of what makes this book accessible to all ages is a good assortment...
- The Golden King: The World Of Tutankhamun
Zahi Hawass National Geographic Cairo 2004 ISBN 977 424 836 8 This thankfully small and beautiful book is by the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The book is an excellent read for a younger audience in...
- 100 Hieroglyphs: Think Like An Egyptian
Barry Kemp Granta Books London 2005 ISBN: 1 86207 658 8 This book is based on 100 hieroglyphs that will help one think like an ancient Egyptian The concept of the book interests me very much and is filled with plenty of literary citations from Pharaonic...
- 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...
- Valley Of The Kings: The Tombs And The Funerary Temples Of Thebes West
Kent Weeks VMB Publishers Italy 2008 ISBN: 978-88-540-0976-9 This book edited by Kent R. Weeks and with photographs by Araldo De Luca has 14 contributors who represent a who's who of Egyptology so much is expected from it. Right off the start the...