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Faces of Pharaohs: Royal Mummies and Coffins from Ancient Thebes

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For anyone who loves to read about Egypt and her kings and queens, Faces of Pharaohs is wonderful! While the biographies of each are short, the author covers over fifty burials, including photographs of each. Robert Partridge's book is packed with hard-to-find b/w photos of the unwrapped mummies themselves and includes descriptions of each mummy and coffin in detail including the Ramesses, the Thutmoses, the Amenhoteps, the Ahmoses, Queen Tetisheri, Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, Queen Tiye, Seti I and II, and - of course - Tutankhamun. I was not only fascinated but deeply moved by the faces of the kings and queens - most look almost like they are smiling.

If an author is descibed as being someone who 'lectures' for an institution, or even worse, societies, this doesn't mean they are a trained academic. This is, as it states in the preface, a dissertation submitted for a certificate of higher education. With Elliot Smith's work being reprinted by Duckworth at a highly affordable price one really doesn't need this book on the shelf.