Ancient Egypt & Egyptology
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The Excavations at Ismant al-Kharab: Volume II - The Christian Monuments of Kellis: The Churches and Cemeteries [Hardback]
Gillian E Bowen (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789259636
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The adoption of Christianity by the Egyptian populace was well underway by the late third century, but evidence for its presence in the archaeological record from the Nile valley is sparse. This is due, in part, to the loss of ancient settlement s... .... Learn More -
Amarna City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Nefertiti as Pharaoh [Paperback]
Julia Sampson (Author); H.S. Smith (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570265
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 14
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Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor. The city was founded in the 14th century BC by the Pharaoh A... .... Learn More -
The Birds of Ancient Egypt [Paperback]
Patrick F. Houlihan (Author); Steven M. Goodman (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570289
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 15
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Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.<... .... Learn More -
Brick Architecture in Ancient Egypt [Paperback]
A. J. Spencer (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570302
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Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 16
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First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.
Part I provides introductory information on brick manufacture, early use of br... .... Learn More -
Egypt in the First Intermediate Period: The History and Chronologyof its False Doors and Stelae [Paperback]
Melanie Pitkin (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9781906137816
Published by : Golden House Publications
Series: Middle Kingdom Studies
Volume: 13
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This volume provides a detailed study of false doors and funerary stelae from the First Intermediate Period, providing new historical and chronological insights. Five dating criteria are applied to 677 false doors and stelae. The criteria include:... .... Learn More -
Menschenköpfige Herzskarabäen im Kontext: Archäologie, Philologie und Kulturgeschichte [Paperback]
Markus Wallas (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781906137779
Published by : Golden House Publications
Series: Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie
Volume: 25
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Heart scarabs are inscribed with spell 30B from the Book of the Dead and are usually depicted with a beetle head, but a very small number of such amulets show the scarab with a human face or head. One of these extraordinary objects was found durin... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Figured Ostraca [Paperback]
Anthea Page (Other)
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ISBN: 9798888570241
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 13
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This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page’s 1983 catalogue makes this important source material available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars. The catalogue documents 82 ostraca held in The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudane... .... Learn More -
Naqada and Ballas [Paperback]
W.M. Flinders Petrie (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570203
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Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 11
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Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation (mainly) of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.
Several areas of the ancient to... .... Learn More -
Illahun, Kahun and Gurob [Paperback]
W.M. Flinders Petrie (Author)
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ISBN: 9798888570227
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Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Volume: 12
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Flinders Petrie undertook excavation and survey of ancient Egyptian towns in the Faiyum oasis, south-west of Cairo, in 1888–90. The work included opening of a pyramid at Illahun and excavation of a nearby cemetery, excavation and planning of over ... .... Learn More -
Alternative Egyptology: Papers on the relation between alternative and academic interpretations of ancient Egypt [Paperback]
Ben van den Bercken (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464261615
Published by : Sidestone Press
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids’ alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative Egyptology has always focused on subjects that others shunned. Ever since the birth of mainstream E... .... Learn More
