- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd; New edition edition (Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0500283389
- ISBN-13: 978-0500283387
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,784,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Some of the best colour photographs ever taken of Egypt's monuments and fabulous treasures... this is an ideal traveller's guide and a superb photographic record of; Egypt's marvellous heritage' - The British Museum Magazine; 'A truly lavish and informative volume' - Nature; 'Outstanding... hard to beat' - Current Archaeology; 'Stunning photographs in profusion' - Antiquity
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The reader is invited to take a journey up the Nile by means of some of the finest photographs ever taken of Egypt's monuments and fabulous treasures. Here are the pyramids of Giza and Saqqara and the temples and tombs of Thebes. Here too are the less well-known sites and cities of the Delta, the Faiyum, Sinai and Nubia. The photographs are accompanied by a text, giving an overview of the natural wealth of the Nile and 5,000 years of Egyptian history from the first pharaohs to the modem Arab republic. The itinerary stretches from Tanis to Abu Simbel. Each location is illustrated by a site plan and photographs, not only of the principal structures but also of objects from the site. Specially commissioned and highly informative cross-sectional diagrams - including reconstructions of the tombs of Tutankhamun, Sethos and Queen Nefertari - a double fold-out map of the course of the Nile and an illustrated glossary complete this panoramic study of Egyptian civilisation.
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This review is from: Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization (Hardcover)
A very well written book. Lovely illustrations. I found it very user friendly when doing a course on Egyptology. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an easy reading tome that does not delve too deeply into the subject.
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A Really Splendid Book on the Wonders of Ancient Egypt,
By John Howard Reid (Wyong, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization (Paperback)
This superb, extra large format, prestigious full-color book was published in 1994, shortly after I had started revising my novel, In All His Glory. I found it of immense help with my revisions. The text is not only insightfully accurate and breezily informative, but the pictures are an absolute wonder to behold. My only criticism is that the paper stock used is so gloriously thick and heavy, it forces the paperback cover to come apart.
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