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Egypt: 4000 Years of Art

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This book is a masterpiece. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full color illustrations on glossy, high quality paper, this volume makes it easy for one to be lost in the glory of a civilization extinct for two thousand years. Never before has Egypt's splendor been put into one book. Jaromir Malek's insightful and scholarly commentary helps one truly anaylze the works of Egypt

This is an excellent work which covers many priceless artworks
dating back several millenia or more. Examples of artwork
include Jousting Boatmen, a pentagonal bowl, the dagger of
Princess Iti, Birds in an Acacia Tree,a ring with horses circa
1200 BC, a mummification scene and a bull with 7 celestial cows.
Each illustration is in full color. The book is valuable
for Egyptologists and a wide constituency of scholars interested
in Ancient Egypt and its artifacts.

This is an excellent work which covers many priceless artworks
dating back several millenia or more. Examples of artwork
include Jousting Boatmen, a pentagonal bowl, the dagger of
Princess Iti, Birds in an Acacia Tree,a ringwith horses circa
1200 BC, a mummification scene and a bull with 7 celestial cows.
Each illustration is in full color. The book is valuable
for Egyptologists and a wide constituency of scholars interested
in Ancient Egypt and its artifacts.

I don't leave alot of reviews at all - but this is a wonderful book and the price is the icing on the cake.

Great photos from all periods - all color. If the page size was bigger it would have been nice - but I'm sure would have doubled the price - it's a thick 400 page book!

If you get just one book on Egyptian art I would say this is the one beyond a doubt.