Egypt
Zahi Hawass
Harry N. Abrams. INC.
New York
2000
ISBN 0-8109-3942-8
This large and picturesque book is by the undefiable head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The author opens his book with a record of his accomplishments and quickly show the stern showman has a sense of humor though I am glad his career as a diplomat was put on a back shelf.
The good doctor gives credit where it is due for the discovery of the Valley of the golden mummies that belonging to a guard and a donkey at the temple of Alexander the great in the Bahariya oasis. The Valley of golden mummies is loaded with pictures which makes the read easy to understand and follow giving the book a much wider appeal to readers young and old.
The subject of the book is a Greco-Roman cemetery filled with beautifully gilded mummies I found especially touching the mummy of the boy found in tomb 54 and the mummy called the bride. The author puts the Bahariya oasis into a modern perspective which includes the welfare of its inhabitants.
I would have enjoyed more pictures of mummies in the mummification chapter which was nearly void of images of the chapters subject. Dr. Hawass leaves the golden mummies relatively early in the book and spends the rest of the book talking about the regions monuments and Egypt's Gods.
The Valley of golden mummies was an entertaining read though I would have preferred more on the books title subject it was still worth a read with lots of information on some of Egypt's lesser known monuments.
- My Love Of Pyramids And Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ A piece by Zahi Hawass in the Egyptian Gazette, talking about his archaeological interests. This has been copied in full, because it will be replaced with a new article tomorrow and will not be archived: "The Valley...
- Bahariya - 20 More Golden Mummies
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o081224d.htm An Egyptian team working in Bahariya has found more golden mummies, similar to those found in the widely publicised "Valley of the Golden Mummies" found previously in the same Western Desert oasis. Egyptology...
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- Mummies A Voyage Through Eternity
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Egypt
Valley of the Golden Mummies
Zahi Hawass
Harry N. Abrams. INC.
New York
2000
ISBN 0-8109-3942-8
This large and picturesque book is by the undefiable head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass. The author opens his book with a record of his accomplishments and quickly show the stern showman has a sense of humor though I am glad his career as a diplomat was put on a back shelf.
The good doctor gives credit where it is due for the discovery of the Valley of the golden mummies that belonging to a guard and a donkey at the temple of Alexander the great in the Bahariya oasis. The Valley of golden mummies is loaded with pictures which makes the read easy to understand and follow giving the book a much wider appeal to readers young and old.
The subject of the book is a Greco-Roman cemetery filled with beautifully gilded mummies I found especially touching the mummy of the boy found in tomb 54 and the mummy called the bride. The author puts the Bahariya oasis into a modern perspective which includes the welfare of its inhabitants.
I would have enjoyed more pictures of mummies in the mummification chapter which was nearly void of images of the chapters subject. Dr. Hawass leaves the golden mummies relatively early in the book and spends the rest of the book talking about the regions monuments and Egypt's Gods.
The Valley of golden mummies was an entertaining read though I would have preferred more on the books title subject it was still worth a read with lots of information on some of Egypt's lesser known monuments.
- My Love Of Pyramids And Mummies
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/ A piece by Zahi Hawass in the Egyptian Gazette, talking about his archaeological interests. This has been copied in full, because it will be replaced with a new article tomorrow and will not be archived: "The Valley...
- Bahariya - 20 More Golden Mummies
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o081224d.htm An Egyptian team working in Bahariya has found more golden mummies, similar to those found in the widely publicised "Valley of the Golden Mummies" found previously in the same Western Desert oasis. Egyptology...
- 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...
- Mummies A Voyage Through Eternity
Francoise Dunand and Roger Lichtenberg Discoveries Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1994 ISBN 0-8109-2886-8 This small colourful book opens with full page head shots of nine mummies from the necropolis at Duch excavated by the Institut Francais d'Archeologie...
- 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...