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The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed Hardcover – November 27, 2006

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A lavishly illustrated survey of the remarkable wall paintings in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, all specially photographed and accompanied by a detailed analysis of ancient Egyptian society and beliefs.

The Valley of the Kings is famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. It was here, in 1922, that Howard Carter stumbled upon the virtually intact tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun. And here, in recent months, that archaeologists discovered a new tomb with its wooden sarcophagi, painted funeral masks, and alabaster jars.

The royal tombs, tunneled into the Theban cliffs, represented both gates to the Netherworld and the womb of the Great Goddess. Many of them contain wall paintings of the king with various gods and goddesses, as well as papyri, mummies, decorated coffins, and other artifacts.

This is the first book to reproduce the wall paintings and murals in full. It explores in great detail the most deeply-held beliefs of the ancient kings and queens who are buried here, beliefs that provided the impetus for the building, decoration, and equipping of these magnificent tombs. Beautifully illustrated in full color, with thirty foldouts, it allows the reader to join the pharaohs of the New Kingdom on their journeys to immortality. 300+ color illustrations, including 30 foldouts.

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316 pages
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English
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Thames & Hudson
Publication date

November 27, 2006
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10.63 x 1.18 x 12.28 inches
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0500513228
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978-0500513224
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Zahi Hawass is Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Director of Excavations at the Giza pyramids. He is a co-organizer of the current touring King Tut exhibition and wrote the catalogue that accompanies it.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson (November 27, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0500513228
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500513224
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.56 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.63 x 1.18 x 12.28 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #880,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Renee' K.

Book is breathtaking...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2014

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When I ordered this book I waited with anticipation and I was well rewarded. Especially the fold-out for King Tut's tomb wall. There was no camera distortion, no murkiness (mud) in the photo. All the photos are expertly photographed and evenly lit. I had ordered a print poster of the very same King Tut tomb wall from a major poster company. That poster had been done by a well-known photographer.
To my dismay the quality of the print was substandard. If I wanted a bad picture of King Tut's tomb I would travel to Egypt myself and take a horrible snapshot of it. This book will not disappoint you. For years I had been searching for a comprehensive large format photo book that shows well-known and lesser-known tomb murals. There are fold-outs of lesser known murals in famous tombs that are simply
marvelous. I spent the better part of two hours (maybe more...) totally immersed in this book. I felt that I time traveled though this book.
Then again, I do have a wild imagination.

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loving1960

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2021

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Beautiful book with color pictures! Many fold out pages and lots of information about the tombs!

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Paul Morel

One of the great books of our time!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2016

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This book about Egyptian Royal tombs and the meaning behind them is an absolute must for anyone anywhere to have. It will take you int a strange world of gods, goddesses and death, with a commentary that has at last some grip on the strange theology that enfolded this civilization for thousands of years.

The reproductions of the wall paintings and numerous foldouts that emphasize them even more are spectacular.

I would buy this along with The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, available in paperback through Amazon. This history will give you the context in which this book was composed.

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Red

best book available on this subject

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2011

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I knew this book would be great because Dr. Zahi Hawaas wrote it, but the tomb painting photos make it truly fantastic. As these tombs continue to decay as a result of tourism and other factors, its more important to document them in photos than ever before. Dr. Hawaas knows this better than anyone in Egypt, and his expertise in explanation of their use and meaning is complete and scholarly. This book is for anyone intrigued with Egyptian tomb painting or ancient art.

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Don

Beautiful photography

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2019

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Very complete explanations. I am preparing for a trip to Luxor.

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ElleMphs

Great photos & history

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2018

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Fantastic photos of tomb art take you there. Great book. Arrived quickly and undamaged. Highly recommend.

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A beautifully illustrated book on the major tombs of the West ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 1, 2017

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A beautifully illustrated book on the major tombs of the West bank Tombs near Cairo by the leading Native Egyptologist of today

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Art

Excellent photos

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2008

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My wife and I had just returned from a trip to Egypt when we found out about this book. We had seen a few of the places in the book, but obviously not all of them. We were blown away by the quality and size of the photos, of both places we'd seen [but weren't allowed to take pictures] and places we hadn't.

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Very good, but be aware what it is - and isn’t!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 27, 2019

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As others have commented, this is a sumptuous book with stunning photography, some pages of which fold out to around 4’ long. However, you need to be aware of how the book is arranged.

What the book is NOT is a guide to the tombs of the Valley of the Kings. There are no plans of tombs, and no systematic descriptions of the decoration of individual tombs. You won’t find, for example, a description of the overall decoration of the tomb of Ramesses III here. If you’re looking for such a book I’d recommend “The Complete Valley of the Kings”, by Reeves and Wilkinson.

What you get in this book, by way of contrast, is an excellent discussion of royal tomb decoration arranged thematically. There’s a chapter on each of the main “books of the underworld” of the Egyptian New Kingdom, and how it’s used in the decoration of different tombs. So in the chapter about the underworld book called the Amduat (the “book of what is in the underworld”), for example, you find a lot of excellent pictures of the various depictions of the Amduat in different royal tombs, but most of the pictures don’t tell you which tomb they’re from!

As long as you’re aware of this when buying, I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

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steven e blomer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 7, 2016

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beautiful photos

Marie Martinez

A joy to own.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 5, 2013

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Superb!
A truly excellent book. Suitable for serious study and simply to enjoy the photography. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

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Texto y fotos estupendas

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on November 13, 2019

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Sólo por las fotos (muchasde ellas desplegables) ,de seis hojas!!, merece la pena. El tamaño es grande con lo cual las fotografías tienen detalle. Me ha encantado. Rwcomendable absolutamente

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