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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The eternal light of Egypt	Sarite Sanders	"The monuments of Ancient Egypt have been photographed over and over again, but never as in these wonderfully dark, edgy, atmospheric images. Using infra-red film, they hint at the transience of all …	OL10241791W
The Pharaohs' armies	Louise Park	"An introduction to the history and lifestyle of the Pharaohs' armies"--Provided by publisher.	OL12252570W
Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books	Gerald Massey	ANCIENT EGYPT: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - A WORK OF RECLAMATION AND RESTITUTION IN TWELVE BOOKS by GERALD MASSEY, AUTHOR OF "A BOOK OF THE BEGINNINGS" and "THE NATURAL GENESIS"Please Note: This book i…	OL15181487W
The mummy of Ramose	Shirley Glubok	Describes the life of an Egyptian nobleman of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the mummification and funeral rites that followed his death.	OL15844199W
Egypt	Marta Segal Block	This book briefly examines the history, people, and culture of the country of Egypt.	OL15936517W
Jewish exegesis and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria	Maren Niehoff	"Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretatio…	OL16001939W
Mummies of ancient Egypt	Brianna Hall	"Describes history of mummies of ancient Egypt"--Provided by publisher.	OL16135157W
From the Ptolemies to the Romans	Andrew Monson	"This book gives a structured account of Egypt's transition from Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between ecology, land tenure, taxation, administration and politics. It intro…	OL16191235W
Egypt at its Origins 2	J. Rowland	The proceedings of the Second International Conference about Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Toulouse, France, 2005) present the results of the latest research on the rise of the Pharaonic cult…	OL16702078W
Hatshepsut and ancient Egypt	Miriam Greenblatt	Describes the tumultuous reign of Hatshepsut, daughter of Thothmes I, and life in ancient Egypt during her reign.	OL1892309W
Egyptomania	Fritze, Ronald H.	Ancient Egypt has been a focus of awe and fascination from the age of the Pyramids to the present day. In 'Egyptomania' Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the i…	OL20042628W
A history of ancient Egypt	John Romer	Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic cultu…	OL20052777W
DKfindout! Ancient Egypt		64 pages : 22 cm	OL20216119W
Exotic Egyptians	Kingfisher Editors	32 pages : 22 cm +	OL21319450W
From Akhenaten to Moses	Jan Assmann	The shift from polytheism to monotheism changed the world radically. Akhenaten and Moses-a figure of history and a figure of tradition-symbolize this shift in its incipient, revolutionary stages and …	OL23410126W
Ancient Egypt	Amanda Martin	While telling about her life in ancient Egypt, nine-year-old Hunefer includes information about families, homes, food, clothing, fun and games, travel, beliefs, and burial practices.	OL2627636W
The Library of Alexandria	Kelly Trumble	An introduction to the largest and most famous library in the ancient world, discussing its construction in Alexandria, Egypt, its vast collections, rivalry with the Pergamum Library, famous scholars…	OL2907168W
Mummy (DK Eyewitness)	DK Publishing,James Putnam	Documents the history and significance of mummies, both natural and man-made, and describes the principles and ceremonies associated with them.	OL3192364W
Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure	Lila Perl	Text and photographs examine the mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt.	OL3751161W
The Twilight of Ancient Egypt	Karol Myśliwiec	Karol Mysliwiec surveys a turbulent time in Ancient Egyptian culture and history--the eight hundred years between the eleventh century B.C.E. and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 B…	OL4679832W