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1	River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Tanus is the fair-haired young lion of a warrior whom the gods have decreed will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shattered halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's glory: possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor more books like this by Professor Nigel Strudwick, Helen M Strudwick add to wishlist After reviewing the topography of the site, the Strudwicks recount the history of Thebes from the city's rise in the late Old Kingdom to the peak of its power in the New Kingdom and to its gradual decline in the Greco-Roman period. They discuss the central role played by the gods in the community's religious life, and take us on a tour of the ... see all copies from $4.64! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatankhamanou more books like this by Theodore M Davis add to wishlist Theodore M. Davis' discovery of the tomb of Horemheb (Harmhabi) on 22 February 1908 was his last great find in the Valley of the Kings - a vast, finely cut tomb containing the king's superb hardstone sarcophagus, a mass of fragmented burial furniture and abundant skeletal remains. The tomb's wall decorations, in various stages of completion, are ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $12.98! \| first editions
4	Thebes at War: A Novel of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Humphrey Davies (Translator) add to wishlist Known and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's Thebes at War tells of a high point in Egyptian history-ancient Egypt's defeat of Asiatic foreigners who had dominated northern Egypt for two hundred years. With a visit from a court official and a provocative insult, the southern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95!
5	Luxor: a guide to ancient Thebes more books like this by Jill Kamil add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.86! \| first editions
6	Maia of Thebes: 1463 B.C. more books like this by Ann Warren Turner add to wishlist A young Egyptian girl, whose brother secretly taught her to read and write, accuses her uncle of stealing grain from the temple and must run away from Thebes to survive. see all copies from $4.38! new only from $8.42! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes more books like this by Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes add to wishlist This stunning volume is a rarity among Ancient Egyptian art books in being devoted not to remains of royalty but to the tombs of private people -- it is the first book in English on this subject. Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes leads us on an expedition to the cemetery used by the officials of New Kingdom Egypt on the eastern flanks of the western mountains ... see all copies from $14.37! new only from $41.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Thebes at War more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Humphrey Davies (Translator) add to wishlist After 200 years of occupation, the Hyksos leader in his capital in northern Egypt tells Pharaoh in the south that the roaring of the sacred hippopotami at Thebes is keeping him awake at night and demands that they be killed, galvanizing Egypt into hurling its armies into a struggle to drive the barbarians from its sacred soil forever. In battle ... see all copies from $12.19! new only from $48.58!
9	Thebes in the Time of Amunhotep III more books like this by Elizabeth Reifstahl, Elizabeth Riefstahl add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Thebes more books like this by Julian Scott (Translator), Giorgio Livraga add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
11	Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes: Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop more books like this by Peter F Dorman (Editor), Professor Betsy M Bryan (Editor) add to wishlist This volume presents a series of papers delivered at a two-day session of the Theban Workshop held at the British Museum in September 2003. Due to its political and religious prominence throughout much of pharaonic history, the region of ancient Thebes offers scholars a wealth of monuments whose physical remains and extant iconography may be ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.00!
12	Ancient Thebes more books like this by Nigel Strudwick, Helen Strudwick add to wishlist Ancient Thebes (modern Luxor) has more ancient monuments per square miles than any other site in Egypt. This book presents a context and overview of ancient Thebes. see all copies from $13.33! new only from $66.81!
13 view cover	Five Yrs Exploration at Thebes more books like this by Earl Carnarvon, Professor Earl of Carnarvon, Howard Carter add to wishlist This work published in 1912 to record the pioneering and extremely significant excavation undertaken at Thebes by Howard Carter and his team under the patronage of Lord Carnarvon remains the most sensational work of its kind ever undertaken in the field of Egyptology. The work not only excited the international scholarly community but ignited ... see all copies from $95.00! new only from $387.21!
14	Leben Und Tod Im Alten Agypten: Thebanische Privatgraber Des Neuen Reiches more books like this by Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $41.97!
15	Luxor: A Guide to the Temples and Tombs of Ancient Thebes more books like this by Ian Portman add to wishlist see all copies from $24.51! first editions
16 view cover	Art and History of Luxor: Karnak: The Valley of the Kings more books like this by Bonechi Books (Creator), Giovanna Magi add to wishlist Lets you discover the history and culture of some of the world's most influential historical places. This illustrated book contains informative descriptions and information. see all copies from $30.00! new only from $30.51!
17	The Akhenaten Temple Project. more books like this by Smith, Redford, University of Pennsylvania Museum add to wishlist see all copies from $71.95!
18 view cover	The Archive of the Theban Choachytes: Second Century B.C.: A Survey of the Demotic and Greek Papyri Contained in the Archive more books like this by P W Pestman add to wishlist The archive of the Theban choachytes contains over 80 texts, Greek and demotic. They are largely private documents that together constitute the papers of a family of choachytes (undertakers). It is known since the beginnings of modern Egyptology and Papyrology as the "Hermias Archive" after the antagonist of the choachytes in a now famous Greek ... see all copies from $425.10! new only from $425.10!
19	The Tomb of Ken-Amun at Thebes more books like this by Norman De Garis Davies add to wishlist see all copies from $655.22!
20 view cover	The Chosen of the Gods more books like this by Joanna Makepeace add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Das Grab des Paenkhemenu (TT 68) und die Anlage TT 227 more books like this by Karl-Joachim Seyfried, Eva Hofmann add to wishlist see all copies from $175.00!
22	The tomb of Siphtah; the monkey tomb and the gold tomb. The discovery of the tombs more books like this by Theodore M. Davis, G. Maspero, Edward Russell Ayrton, George Daressy, E. Harold Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $117.30! first editions
23	The tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. The finding of the tomb more books like this by Theodore M. Davis, G. Maspero, Percy E. Newberry, Howard Carter add to wishlist see all copies from $415.00!
24	Thebes of the hundred gates : sound and light spectacle Karnak temples (Luxor). more books like this by Gaston Bonheur, Egypt. Wizarat al-Thaqafah add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00!
25 view cover	Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 more books like this by Earl Carnarvon, Professor Earl of Carnarvon, Howard Carter add to wishlist This work published in 1912 to record the pioneering and extremely significant excavation undertaken at Thebes by Howard Carter and his team under the patronage of Lord Carnarvon remains the most sensational work of its kind ever undertaken in the field of Egyptology. The work not only excited the international scholarly community but ignited ... see all copies from $200.00!

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