Egypt
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Sophia Poole: The Englishwoman in Egypt [Hardback]
Azza Kararah (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.95
Special Price: £21.50
ISBN: 9789774247996
Published by : American Univ. in Cairo Press
First published in 1844, "The Englishwoman in Egypt" is the collected observations of Sophia Poole, who lived in Cairo from 1842 until 1849 with her brother, the well-known Orientalist Edward Lane, and her two children. ... .... Learn More -
Social Networks in Byzantine Egypt [Hardback]
Giovanni Ruffini (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780521895378
Published by : Cambridge University Press
"A book that zooms in on the daily lives of ordinary people". Giovanni Ruffini uses the abundant documentary evidence from sixth century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito and the techniques of social network analysis to map relationships and transaction... .... Learn More -
The Secrets of Tomb 10A [Hardback]
Rita E. Freed (Author)
Regular Price: £46.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9780878467471
Published by : Museum of Fine Arts Boston
A beautifully illustrated study of the Middle Kingdom tomb of Djehutynakht in Deir el-Bersha, imaginatively dubbed Tomb 10A, and its spectacular collection of artefacts. As well as describing its rediscovery and excavation, the bo... .... Learn More -
Crown of Arsinoë II: The Creation of an Image of Authority [Paperback]
Maria Nilsson (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £41.00
ISBN: 9781842174920
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a unique crown that was created for the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. Images of Arsinoë are represen... .... Learn More -
The Secret of the Great Pyramid [Hardback]
Bob Brier (Author); Jean-Pierre Houdin (Author)
Regular Price: £19.99
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780061655524
Published by : Smithsonian Institution Press
This book provides a novel solution to the problem of how the Great Pyramid was built, proposing an internal ramp corkscrewing up the inside of the pyramid. .... Learn More -
Cleopatra: A Biography [Hardback]
Duane W. Roller (Author)
Regular Price: £14.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780195365535
Published by : Oxford University Press
This new biography adds to the substantial literature on Cleopatra, presenting an overwhelmingly positive picture of a ruler in the Hellenistic mode, a skilled politician and diplomat, who was able, albeit ultimately unsuccessfully to champion ... .... Learn More -
Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt [Hardback]
Lynn Meskell (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781859738627
Published by : Berg Publishers
In this excellent new study, Lynn Meskell studies materialism in an ancient archaeological context arguing that, both in this instance and in broader terms, we must free ourselves from the boundaries of meaning that we impose on... .... Learn More -
Egypt and the Near East [Paperback]
Peter F. Dorman (Editor)
Regular Price: £16.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780300098372
Published by : Yale University Press
From Neo-Assyrian winged lions of the 9th century BC to the stunning silver head of a 4th-century AD Sasanian king, this beautifully photographed book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the art of Egypt and the Near East... .... Learn More -
Realm of Osiris: Mummies, Coffins and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Art in the Michael C. Carlos Museum [Paperback]
Peter Lacovara (Author)
Regular Price: £12.99
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781928917045
Published by : Michael C. Carlos Museum
Spanning a period of over 3000 years of ancient Egyptian history, this catalogue presents full-color illustrations of many never-before-published artifacts, with essays on the history of the collection, mummification, and modern medical imaging of... .... Learn More -
Current Research in Egyptology 2009: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium [Paperback]
Dan Boatright (Editor); Judith Corbelli (Editor); Claire Malleson (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781842174128
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Current Research In Egyptology
Volume: 10
The tenth annual Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool in January 2009 and welcomed Egyptology graduates from all over the world. This volume is a compilation of some of the papers that were given at ... .... Learn More