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1	Hatchepsut: The Female Pharoah more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Queen - or, as she would prefer to be remembered King - Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman. Brilliantly defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Forgotten until Egptologists deciphered hieroglyphics in the 1820's, she has since been subject to intense speculation ... see all copies from $4.20! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist The Romans regarded her as fatale monstrum-a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies. Highly intelligent, she spoke many languages and was rumored to be ... see all copies from $2.76! new only from $2.87! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist The women of dynastic Egypt were a remarkable phenomenon in the ancient world, subjected to none of the harsh restraints that Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman patriarchal traditions imposed on their womenfolk. Any free-born woman was assured of her legal right to own and trade in property, initiate a court action and even live alone without the ... see all copies from $4.32! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Hatchepsut: 4the Female Pharaoh more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist This is a biography of Queen Hatchepsut, who ruled Ancient Egypt for over 20 years. She was an extremely powerful woman who lived a long, successful and well-documented life. This book examines her complex family history, the extraordinary events which led to her 4the throne and her habit of presenting herself as a man, even wearing a false beard. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.00! \| first editions
5	Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt: From Early Dynastic Times to the Death of Cleopatra more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Part of the "Chronicle" series, this book recounts the full history of queenship in ancient Egypt, revealing the essential role played by women in the royal household. It seeks to serve as a home, university or school reference. see all copies from $12.65! new only from $22.37! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Egypt: How a Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in the late eighteenth century sparked a global fascination with ancient Egyptian culture that remains undiminished to this day. This book, written by leading author and archaeologist Joyce Tyldesley, tells the full story of the discoveries of treasures that had lain completely hidden and undisturbed for nearly two ... see all copies from $3.35! new only from $3.35! \| first editions
7	Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist For over a decade, Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world; a beautiful queen blessed by the sun-god, adored by her family and worshipped by her people. Her image and her name were celebrated throughout Egypt and her future seemed golden. Suddenly Nefertiti disappeared from the royal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| first editions
8	Pyramids more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist From the development of monumental architecture around 3,000 BC to the fabulous edifices that rose up from the desert plains of Giza, Pyramids chronicles how and why Egypt's pharaohs built on so grand a scale. Joyce Tyldesley, writer, lecturer and broadcaster on Ancient Egypt, cuts away modern myth and prejudice to reveal the truth behind the ... see all copies from $20.26! new only from $21.71! \| first editions
9	Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh more books like this by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist Ramesses II was the most powerful king ever to rule Egypt, well known for his profusion of wives - Egyptian beauties, foreign princesses, and even his own daughters - who gave him children numbered in three figures. But among the royal wives, The only title which mattered was that of Great Royal Wife. Only four women held this title, two of them ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.76! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Egyptian Games and Sports more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist The Ancient Egyptian enjoyed a wide range of sports and games - young men chased lions and ostriches across the desert, while dignified married couples relaxed over a game of 'senet'. Children played with balls and dolls. Even the Egyptian kings took their own sporting prowess very seriously - as living demi-gods they were expected to dominate the ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
11 view cover	Judgement of the Pharoah more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Joyce Tyldesley's original book carefully unmasks for the first time Ancient Egyptian crimes and criminals. She meticulously recreates a series of crimes, from grave robbing, false embalming, necrophilia and bestiality to a superb recreation of the murder of Tutankhamun (which reassesses the evidence for his murder and rejects it). She also ... see all copies from $3.55! new only from $4.39!
12 view cover	The private lives of the Pharaohs more books like this by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist Ancient Egypt, land of the pharaohs, bore witness to the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization. A combination of evidence ranging from the pyramids and rock-cut tombs to papyri and human tissue, now offers modern investigators the chance to reconstruct the lost lives of those who once lived and died along the Nile. Egyptologists read ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.51! \| first editions
13 view cover	Private Lives of the Pharaohs: Unlocking the Secrets of Egyptian Royalty more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Egyptian civilization, preserved for two thousand years, left a mysterious legacy in the form of human remains, monumental buildings, inscrutable writings, and elaborate tombs. But until recently, Egyptian mummies were considered to be little more than curiosities. Much of our understanding of Egyptian civilization has been gleaned from nineteenth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.97!
14 view cover	Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful Queen more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist For over a decade Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world; a beautiful queen blessed by the sun-god, adored by her family and worshipped by her people. Her image and her name were celebrated throughout Egypt and her future seemed golden. Suddenly Nefertiti disappeared from the royal ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	Judgement of the Pharaoh: Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Ancient Egypt is often viewed as a peaceful place, but this book unmasks Ancient Egyptian crimes and criminals, meticulously recreating a series of crimes, from grave robbing, false embalming, necrophilia and bestiality to a recreation of the murder of Tutankhamun, reassessing and rejecting the evidence for his murder. It also introduces readers ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $20.44! \| first editions
16 view cover	The mummy : unwrap the ancient secrets of the mummies' tombs more books like this by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist The Mummy follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture, films and literature, and a discussion of modern scientific mummy analysis.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	Mummy more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist From the science of embalming to the damning curses that surround some of the tombs, Tyldesly offers a highly readable and spectacularly illustrated story of Egyptian mummies. 139 photos, many in color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.62!
18 view cover	Egypts golden empire : the age of the New Kingdom more books like this by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist Ancient Egypt in the New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC) was a civilization at its peak. This 500-year period was the era of the temples and tombs at Karnak, Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. It was witness to the first woman to rule a country in her own right, saw the first treaty settled between two nations, encompassed the Biblical Exodus, the ... see all copies from $14.42! first editions
19 view cover	Tales from Ancient Egypt more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist In the introduction to Tales from Ancient Egypt Joyce Tyldesley recreates the picture of an ancient Egyptian family sitting round a fire, enjoying a sweet beer, listening to a local storyteller spin his yarns'. In this anthology Tyledesley retells, rather than merely translates, sixteen stories that have been committed to papyrus and stone. The ... see all copies from $17.77! new only from $17.77!
20 view cover	Unearthing the Past: The Great Discoveries of Archaeology from World by Douglas Palmer, Paul G. Bahn, Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist Arranged thematically, the chapters reveal a vast array of incredible finds; most of the treasures and sites featured in the book were only discovered after years of committed searching and with the painstaking efforts by archaeologists, while some were chance finds. The book relates the dramas of excavation, details the items found and their ... see all copies from $63.99!
21	The Wolvercote Channel Handaxe Assemblage more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist see all copies from $48.00!
22 view cover	Pyramids: the Real Story Behind Egypt's Most Ancient Monuments by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist Just what is behind the building of thee pyramids: space ships, ley lines and all the other stories - are they fact or fiction? The Old Kingdom pharaohs believed that death was the beginning of eternal life. They believed that they would rise from their tombs to shimmer in the deep blue night as an un-setting star. To help them on their way they ... see all copies from $29.96!
23 view cover	Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh more books like this by Joyce A Tyldesley add to wishlist Joyce Tyldesley recovers the lost story of Pharaoh Hatchepsut--a woman who reigned over Egypt for two decades during the 18th dynasty (c. 1490 B.C.E.). Hatchepsut was an accomplished ruler who predated the more well-known Cleopatra by centuries as the first woman to rule Egypt, but her place in history was obliterated by her enemies after her ... see all copies from $23.00!
24 view cover	The Ancient Egyptian Mummy by Joyce A. Tyldesley add to wishlist "The Mummy" follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture (films and literature) and a discussion of modern scientific mummy analysis. The Egyptian mummy, swathed in its rotting bandages, is a familiar and fascinating sight, provoking ... see all copies from $16.54!

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