ATLAS OF THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS (Pt. 1) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Ken Weeks (Author)

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Product Description
From the tomb of Tutankamon to the recently discovered tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, this new release provides the first detailed maps and plans of one of the world's most famous archeological sites and will be a standard reference for years to come. 72 maps and plans

About the Author
KENT WEEKS is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. He has worked in the Valley of the Kings for more than thirty years and is director of the Theban Mapping Project, which has been surveying, photographing, and collecting historical data on the monuments in the Valley of the Kings and the Theban Necropolis. The Project to completely map KV5 continues as does its excavation. Under the direction of Dr. Weeks, the Project is also developing an archaeological database that will help ensure the protection of the monuments of ancient Thebes. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: AUC Press; Pap/Map edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9774245490
• ISBN-13: 978-9774245497
• Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,503,504 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Guide!!!!!, March 15, 2006

By	Richard Blake (LaGrange, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (The Theban mapping project) (Spiral-bound)

This guide is easy to use and allows the user to examine the tombs of the Valley of the Kings from different angles. The guide provides maps for all of tombs with the exception of the tomb discovered in early February 2006 (KV 63). A great resourse for anyone interested in the Valley of the Kings!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a resource!, October 5, 2005

By	T. Sawyer "cossinius" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (The Theban mapping project) (Spiral-bound)

What a wonderful study edition helping you to examine the tombs in the Valley of the Kings in a more scrutinious manner. It gives you every single tomb with images from different angles. Of course, there is a whole collection of maps in one edition, but this edition comprises all this in a book. It's amazing.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, January 5, 2006

By	History Reader (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (The Theban mapping project) (Spiral-bound)

This book was not at all what I was expecting. Having read an article about this project and the author in a magazine, I was expecting a detailed history of the project, with comments from the author, pictures of the excavations, overall maps of the area, specific locations of tombs, and pictures or descriptions of artifacts inside. What I got was a book of blueprints of the tombs - interesting to some, perhaps, but not what I wanted.