Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Amarna Amarna Barbara Watterson For many the word "Amarna" conjures up visions of the city in which Nefertiti, one of the most beautiful women of the ancient world, lived in connubial bliss with her husband, the eighteenth-dynasty … OL135870W
Still as death Still as death Sarah Stewart Taylor While tracking down a missing artifact, a piece of Egyptian funerary jewelry that has vanished from the collection of a Harvard art museum, art history professor Sweeney St. George discovers that a s… OL15856845W
The Gods of Ancient Egypt The Gods of Ancient Egypt Pascal Vernus This volume by the renowned Egyptologist Pascal Vernus captures the very essence of Ancient Egypt-a civilization thoroughly imbued by the inspirational and multiform presence of the divine. Accompany… OL1882698W
Visions d'Égypte Visions d'Égypte Sylvie Aubenas,Mathieu, Bernard,Marie-Laure Prévost,Elisabeth Delange,Mercedes Volait,Chloé Ragazzoli,Marie-Claire Saint-Germier Catalogue de l'exposition présentée à la BnF, Richelieu du 1e mars au 5 juin 2011. Ingénieur de formation, Émile Prisse d'Avennes devient tour à tour égyptologue, archéologue, ethnologue : il s'intér… OL22607160W
Splendors of ancient Egypt Splendors of ancient Egypt William H. Peck This book was written to accompany an Egyptian exhibition from the collection of the Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany. It is a general introduction to Egyptian history, culture, and art. While… OL2674895W
Eternal Egypt Eternal Egypt Edna R. Russmann "Eternal Egypt features a selection of the most important and beautiful objects from ancient Egypt, a civilization of enduring fascination. Written by Edna R. Russmann, with contributions by a distin… OL2699943W
Egyptian symbols Egyptian symbols Heike Owusu "Symbolic symbols played an important role in Egyptian culture because ancient Egyptians believed that, through ceremony, one could influence the gods and the otherworld."--Cover. OL27019394W
Egyptian art from the Brooklyn Museum Egyptian art from the Brooklyn Museum Florence Cassen Mayers Presents ancient Egyptian art objects from the Brooklyn Museum in alphabetical order (crocodiles, kings, mummies, pyramid, etc.). OL3005617W
Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art Richard H. Wilk,Richard H. Wilkinson There is scarcely an Egyptian temple, pyramid, obelisk, wall painting or sculpture that does not possess some hidden meaning which can only be understood by reference to the symbolic code used by the… OL518061W
Prehistoric art and ancient art of the Near East Prehistoric art and ancient art of the Near East Ariane Ruskin Batterberry A survey, illustrated by representative works, of prehistoric, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian art and architecture. OL6907024W
Description de l'Egypte Description de l'Egypte Gilles Néret This book is a collection of all the illustrated plates that appeared in the French multi-volume book series 'Description De L' Egypte'. It goes to the original source drawings and several are in ful… OL8363334W