Egypt
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 noticed in 1959 as missing, now at the center of a scandal between Egypt's S.C.A. and the St. Louis Art museum.
The authors chronological history is off of course it is 50 years later but his view is interesting when his attitudes are not annoying. Mr Neubert's vision of Akenaten is a Christ like figure as opposed to a tyrannical egomaniacle despot.
His inclusion in the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamen has its interesting points however the accuracy of his words is not good and this failing becomes more apparent as the book goes on.
The book contains a lot of unsubstantiated theory including that King Tut's brains and heart were placed in one of his four canopic jars. The books ends with a roundup of ancient history in the middle east and Mesopotamia with the final conclusion of the book on Christian theology.
The author was all over the place in this book his nuggets of information which made the start of the book so interesting were totally called into question by the regular misinterpretations later on and for me ruined the impact of his words.
The Valley of Kings was not great and certainly the best words I can give for it are average and dubious.
No second read for this puppy!
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Egypt
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 noticed in 1959 as missing, now at the center of a scandal between Egypt's S.C.A. and the St. Louis Art museum.
The authors chronological history is off of course it is 50 years later but his view is interesting when his attitudes are not annoying. Mr Neubert's vision of Akenaten is a Christ like figure as opposed to a tyrannical egomaniacle despot.
His inclusion in the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamen has its interesting points however the accuracy of his words is not good and this failing becomes more apparent as the book goes on.
The book contains a lot of unsubstantiated theory including that King Tut's brains and heart were placed in one of his four canopic jars. The books ends with a roundup of ancient history in the middle east and Mesopotamia with the final conclusion of the book on Christian theology.
The author was all over the place in this book his nuggets of information which made the start of the book so interesting were totally called into question by the regular misinterpretations later on and for me ruined the impact of his words.
The Valley of Kings was not great and certainly the best words I can give for it are average and dubious.
No second read for this puppy!
- 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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- The Rape Of The Nile
Brian M. Fagan Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1975 ISBN 0-684-15058-1 It has taken me a while to get to this book the last year I have been "showered" with books having to select from too many possibilities. That loss of time was truly a loss when...
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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...
- The Search For Nefertiti
Joann Fletcher Hodder & Stoughton 2004 London ISBN 0 340 83304 1 This book and television show caused quite a scandal five years ago when Egypt's antiquities Majordomo Dr. Zahi Hawass felt that Ms. Joanne Fletcher had deceived him in drawing conclusions...