Valley of the Kings [Hardcover]

Kent R Weeks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2001

This massive book guides you through the discovery of the extraordinary historical treasures which have been found in Egypt's most famous heritage site. These are treasures and antiquities which span over 3000 years from the First Dynasty of 3100 BC to the Roman period, AD 300. With the aid of superb photographs and reconstruction drawings, it has been possible to reconstruct the events, the Royal temples and the enormous temples from the five centuries of the most important "New Kingdom" (from 1570-1070 BC) based on the archaeological evidence: - Thebes: a Model for Every City - The Exploration of Thebes - The Temples of Millions of Years - - Tomb by Tomb - The Valley of the Kings - The Valley of the Queens - The Tombs of the Nobles - The text has been compiled by fourteen leading Egyptologists under the editorship of the Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo

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About the Author

Kent R.Weeks is Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and Director of the Theban Mapping Project. He is the discoverer of KV5, the tomb of the sons of Rameses II in the Valley of the Kings, and the author of numerous books and articles. Araldo De Luca is currently considered one of the world's finest art photographers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 434 pages
• Publisher: White Star Publishers (September 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8880957120
• ISBN-13: 978-8880957126
• Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,756,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality, April 30, 2005

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Craig Jenkins (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Valley of the Kings (Hardcover)

This is the sort of book you are proud to have in your collection. Everything from the binding to the pictures to the heavy paper and foldout photographs reeks of quality. It's a tome (note the weighty size).

Content is readable and enlightening, and the photographs are wonderful. A shame that so many of the tombs are not covered (perhaps, having been there, I wished that the ones I had seen were all included).

I don't know if I've ever sought out books from a particular publisher before, but this book sent me on that quest, and I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valley of The Kings by Kent Weeks, August 4, 2006

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L. Johnson (Lawrence, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Valley of the Kings (Hardcover)

The BEST book illustrating the wonderful tombs of Egypt!!!
If you are a long time lover of ancient Egypt, this book is a MUST HAVE!!!!!!