A renowned Egyptologist reconstructs the short life and suspicious death of the ancient empire's boy king. Based on stunning tomb records, lost since their discovery, this revolutionary biography begins to answer the 20th century's most persistent archaeological mystery: who was Tutankhamen? 16-page color photo insert.
For anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the ancient land of the pyramids, this is a record of civilization along the Nile and an account of the growth of Egyptian archaeology from its beginnings. Through the work of pioneer archaeologists - from Flinders Petrie at Amarna and Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings, to Geoffrey Martin at Saqqara ...
Four and a half thousand years ago, the largest of the wonders of the ancient world was built. The Great Pyramid at Giza has fascinated and intrigued scholars ever since and it is the only one of the wonders listed by the Greeks to have survived intact to this day. By the time Tutankhamen ruled Egypt it was already 1500 years old; to Cleopatra it ...
Three and a half thousand years ago in Egypt, a little boy of around seven years old was crowned Pharaoh. Nine years later he was dead. After a hasty and secretive burial, and a botched attempt at grave robbery, Tutankhamen lay in peace until 1922, when Howard Carter reopened the tomb. Suddenly the young King achieved a fame he had never attained ...
Four and a half thousand years ago, the largest of the wonders of the ancient world was built. The Great Pyramid at Giza has fascinated and intrigued scholars ever since and it the only one of the wonders listed by the Greeks to have survived intact to this day. By the time Tutenkhamen ruled Egypt it was already 1500 years old; to Cleopatra it was ...
Based on stunning tomb records, lost since their recovery decades ago, this revolutionary biography paints the first accurate portrait of history's most famous boy king. photo insert.
For anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the ancient land of the pyramids, this is a record of civilization along the Nile and an account of the growth of Egyptian archaeology from its beginnings. Through the work of pioneer archaeologists - from Flinders Petrie at Amarna and Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings, to Geoffrey Martin at Saqqara ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Thams & Hudson
Date Published: 1989
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Very well illustrated text covering all aspects of funerary practice in Egypt and clarifying all the myths about curses, sudden deaths of the Howard Carter party who discovered Tut and numerous other aspects of Egyptian aspects ofcaring for their dead. el Mahdy writes clearly, and discusses work world-wide in Egyptology. Selected readings and index. 192 pp. read more
Binding: HARDBACK
Publisher: HEP
Date Published: 2004-01-01
Description: New. The Egyptians who built the Great Pyramids at Giza would be horrified if they could see what was left of their great building project-the rubble infill! In this reassessment of the life and deeds of the Fourth Dynasty king Cheops, Christine el Mahdy argues that the pyramids we see today have been robbed of their facing stones and are merely the remains of the infill. Besides this, she presents a series of more novel findings about Cheops, his life, his family, and the ambitious building ... read more
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