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Egypt, General

Ancient Board Games in Perspective
edited by Irving Finkel
Everyone plays board games, and everyone will find something to fascinate them in this book about the games of the past, and their history and development. Based on the lectures given at a conference in the British Museum, this book tells the story in a properly academic way, but it is no less interesting for that ... and perhaps even more interesting! The book begins with three chapters on the games of the ancient Near East, most notably The ...
Hardback. Price GB £50.00

Letters from the Desert: The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie
edited by Margaret Drower
Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. Until his death in 1942, he dug almost continuously. During his long career Petrie revolutionised Egyptian archaeology but this book is not about his scientific work or finds, which are published elsewhere. The letters and journals that make up this book have been selected by Margaret Drower for the vivid picture ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £10.00

A Manual of Egyptian Pottery, Volume 1: Fayum A - A Lower Egyptian Culture
by Anna Wodzinska
This is the first volume in a four-book set covering all Egyptian pottery, ranging from the earliest (Fayum A) ceramics to pottery made in Egypt today, organised by historical periods. The manuals are quick identification guides as well as starting points for more extensive research. For each period, ceramic types are illustrated with a line drawing, accompanied by a description that includes information on the pot's material, manufacturing ...
Spiralbound. Price GB £28.00
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Current Research in Egyptology 2005: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium
edited by Rachel Mairs and Alice Stevenson
The sixth annual Current Research in Egyptology symposium took place from 6th-8th January 2005 at the University of Cambridge. Although the topics covered by the papers were many and varied, if there is a general theme it would be that of exploring the borders and parameters of the discipline of Egyptology. (Oxbow Books 2007)
Paperback. Price GB £28.00

Current Research in Egyptology 2004: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium
edited by Rachael J Dann
The fifth annual Current Research in Egyptology Symposium was held in January 2004, at the University of Durham. The conference offers the majority of postgraduates researching Egyptology their first opportunity to present academic work to their peers, and to receive critical feedback. An interesting development in the direction of research in this volume is the emphasis on aspects of identity and individuality. (Oxbow Books 2006)
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £28.00, Our Price GB £6.95

Current Research in Egyptology 2003
Kathryn Piquette and Serena Love
The fourth annual Current Research in Egyptology Symposium (CRE 2003) was held on 18-19 January 2003, at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, and brought together graduate students of Egyptology from a range of institutions.In total, 27 papers were presented, 13 of which are published here. These illustrate a range of subject areas and approaches; an underlying theme, though, is apparent; a greater degree of reflexivity and a wider engagement with ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £28.00, Our Price GB £6.95

Reports from the Survey of the Dakhleh Oasis 1977-87
edited by C S Churcher and A J Mills
The survey's major aspects - archaeological, anthropological, biological - provide a general introduction to the Oasis. The major topics presented are geomorphology, stratiography, palaeontology, recent biology, Pleistocene and Holocene lithic cultures, pottery from Neolithic Islamic times and Roman Period Settlement.271p, many figs and pls (Oxbow Monograph 99/Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 2, 1999)
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The Oasis Papers 2: Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project
edited by Marcia F Wiseman
This volume of fourteen papers covers the environment, archaeology and conservation of the Dakhleh Oasis, as presented at the Second International Conference of this long-running project (held in Toronto, 1997). Four abstracts from papers not submitted to the published volume are also included, as is the original conference programme. 160p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books and the Dakhleh Oasis Project 2008)
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts
by R O Faulkner
Faulkner's authoritative English translation of Middle Kingdom coffin texts is essential for all Egyptologists. This new edition reprints his whole work in one volume. Filling the gap between the `Pyramid' texts and the New Kingdom Book of the Dead, these writings were intended to supply the deceased with the speeches he would need to achieve a secure and important position in the next world. As such they supply valuable insights into Egyptian ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00

The Oasis Papers 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project
edited by Gillian E Bowen and Colin A Hope
This volume contains twenty-five papers presented at the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project held in Melbourne in 2000, plus several other invited papers, which together reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the project. Five deal with Pleistocene and Holocene archaeology, including the first charaterization of the Older Middle Stone Age culture of the Oasis; there are three on pharaonic archaeology and fifteen devoted ...
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