Combining extremely accessible text richly informed by the latest findings in Egyptology with magnificent color photographs, Treasures of the Pharaohs presents the wealth and majesty of ancient Egypt, from the temples of Karnak and Luxor to the riches of King Tutankhamen and Nefertiti. This lustrous book its pages are decorated with metallic inks showcases a fantastic array of gold jewelry inlaid with lapis and carnelian, sparkling gilded thrones, and deeply hued murals depicting legends of the afterlife. The inviting text examines the reign of each pharaoh, from the New Kingdom to the Roman empire, and the monuments he built. Cutting-edge scholarship helps provide the cultural and historical context for these relics, while special sections explain the methods and history of the practice of Egyptology. In singularly compelling words and pictures, the glories of ancient Egypt, its people, and their beliefs come to life in Treasures of the Pharaohs.
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Delia Pemberton lectures on Egyptology at the British Museum and the University of London. She has lived in Egypt and is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject.
Joann Fletcher , PhD., is an Egyptologist who specializes in the study of human remains. She is renowned around the world for identifying Nefertiti's tomb, featured in a Discovery Channel special. She lives in the UK.
Joann Fletcher , PhD., is an Egyptologist who specializes in the study of human remains. She is renowned around the world for identifying Nefertiti's tomb, featured in a Discovery Channel special. She lives in the UK.
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The first known inhabitants of the Theban region were clans of nomadic hunter-gatherers who, from at least c. 100,000BCE, lived among the hills fringing the desert. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
funerary deities, royal cache, mortuary temple, protective goddesses, royal mummies, funerary text, granite sarcophagus, hypostyle hall, painted reliefs, private tombs, royal wife, burial chamber, burial goods, cult center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Valley of the Kings, New Kingdom, Lower Egypt, Medinet Habu, Book of Gates, Sea Peoples, Upper Egypt, Great Hypostyle Hall, Middle Kingdom, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, Old Kingdom, Two Lands, Valley of the Queens, British Museum, Chief Royal Wife, Dra Abu, Queen Tiye, Sheikh Abd, Books of the Dead, Howard Carter, Victor Loret, Inspector of Antiquities, Lady of the West, Nile River New!
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The first known inhabitants of the Theban region were clans of nomadic hunter-gatherers who, from at least c. 100,000BCE, lived among the hills fringing the desert. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
funerary deities, royal cache, mortuary temple, protective goddesses, royal mummies, funerary text, granite sarcophagus, hypostyle hall, painted reliefs, private tombs, royal wife, burial chamber, burial goods, cult center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Valley of the Kings, New Kingdom, Lower Egypt, Medinet Habu, Book of Gates, Sea Peoples, Upper Egypt, Great Hypostyle Hall, Middle Kingdom, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, Old Kingdom, Two Lands, Valley of the Queens, British Museum, Chief Royal Wife, Dra Abu, Queen Tiye, Sheikh Abd, Books of the Dead, Howard Carter, Victor Loret, Inspector of Antiquities, Lady of the West, Nile River New!
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- The Aztecs by Philip Ardagh on page 98, and Back Matter
- The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West by Kent Weeks on page 152, and Back Matter
- The Valley of the Kings: Script and Score: The Power of the Sun God (Educational Musicals) by Daniel Hewitt on page 40, and page 185
- Valley of the Kings by Elizabeth E. Carter on page 100, and page 101
- The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure (King Tut) by Nicholas Reeves in Back Matter
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