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Giza Mastabas VIII: Mastabas of Nucleus Cemetery G 2100, Part 1: Major Mastabas G 2100-2220
by Peter Der Manuelian
West of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu laid out scores of mastaba tombs for the elite members of ancient Egyptian society. Specific clusters of tombs seem to form architectural and archaeological units, prompting the modern division of the Giza Necropolis into discrete nucleus cemeteries. This book interprets the complete archaeological record of the mastabas of Cemetery G 2100, one of the six nucleus cemeteries at ...
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Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago
by John A Larson
Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago is the catalogue for the inaugural exhibit in the Marshall and Doris Holleb Family Special Exhibits Gallery of the Oriental Institute Museum. Curated by John A Larson, Oriental Institute Museum Archivist, the exhibit of fifty-two historic photographs from the Oriental Institute Archives was selected as a temporary ...
Paperback. Price GB £20.00

Giza Plateau Mapping Project Season 2009 Preliminary Report
edited by Mark Lehner
During 2009, the Giza Plateau Mapping Project carried out excavations at two sites as part of its ongoing research program: 1) the settlement connected to the Khentkawes Monument on the Giza Plateau and 2) the nearby town, Heit el-Ghurab (aka Lost City of the Pyramids). The 2009 work yielded some important discoveries such as evidence that the 4th Dynasty Khentkawes Town was in fact occupied into the 5th Dynasty with reoccupation later, probably ...
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Akhenaten Temple Project Volume 4: The Tomb of Re'a (TT 201)
by Susan Redford
A study devoted to the tomb of Re'a, number 201 in the Theban Necropolis. This volume contains chapters discussing each of the following: description of the scenes; ceiling and frieze; passage and inner chamber; the burial chamber; the finds; names and titles; dating and commentary. 70p, 30 b/w pls, 4p col pls, figs (Aegypti Texta Propositaque III, Akhenaten Temple Project 1994)
Paperback. Price GB £4.95

Akhenaten Temple Project, Volume 2: Rwd-mnw and Inscriptions
by Donald Redford
This volume contains hitherto unpublished talatat scenes from the temple Rwd-Mnw, matched from blocks in the concession of the Akhanaten Temple Project. As well as these reliefs, the volume contains five papers on previously published material: 'A.J. Spalinger contributes a study of an inscription published but not commented on in the first volume of the Akhenaten Temple Project. J.K. Hoffmeier and R.J. Leprohon write thematic studies on scenes ...
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Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt
edited by Emily Teeter and Janet H. Johnson
This companion volume and catalog to the exhibit that opens on February 9, 2009, traces the life of Meresamun, whose mummy, dating to about 800 B.C., is one of the highlights of The Oriental Institute museum in Chicago, IL. The text introduces the historical and cultural setting of Egypt during her time. Essays and artifacts examine the role of music and of musicians in Egyptian temple cults, their training, and the types of musical ...
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Ancient Egyptian Vessels in the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow
by Svetlana T Hodjash
This volume is a catalogue of the vessels (ceramic, stone, glass, metal) in the museum's collection. 160p, 46 plates (Halgo Inc. 2005)
Paperback. Price GB £32.00

Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris
by David O'Connor
This excellent book combines the high production values for which Thames and Hudson are famed with a text of real importance, the first overview of the remarkable site of Abydos in over thirty years. Abydos, in Upper Egypt, was a centre of royal power in the first and second dynasties, and it is there that the first pharaohs are buried, the tombs yielding much of our evidence for this early dynastic period. Excavations have also revealed a wealth ...
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Bir Umm Fawakhir, Volume 2: Report on the 1996-1997 Survey Seasons
by Carol Meyer, with contributions by Lisa Heidorn, Alexandra A. O'Brien, and Clemens Reichel
Bir Umm Fawakhir is a fifth-sixth century AD Coptic/Byzantine gold-mining town located in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. The Bir Umm Fawakhir Project of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago carried out four seasons of archaeological survey at the site, in 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1997; one season of excavation in 1999; and one study season in 2001. This volume is the final report on the 1996 and 1997 seasons. The goals of the ...
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Lost Ramessid and Late Period Tombs in the Theban Necropolis
by Lisa Manniche
Investigating records of early travellers and fragments of tomb paintings in museums and other collections, Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis is a follow-up to Lise Manniches Lost Tombs. A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Tombs in the Theban Necropolis (1986). The descriptions and drawings of 19th-century manuscripts are used to attempt to re-construct the decoration of tomb chapels in the Theban necropolis ...
Hardback. Price GB £49.99