A scholarly examination of burial rites and tomb development explains how Egyptian mummies were preserved, wrapped, decorated, and sheltered for eternity

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Product Description: Dozens of exquisite color photographs of ancient sites, artifacts, texts, and wall paintings, as well as focus features, timelines, and chronology, make the history of hieroglyphics come vibrantly alive. In fascinating detail, this authoritative discussion covers the origins of the Egyptian language and its alphabet; three millennia of writing; the mysteries of the hieroglyphs; and the efforts to decipher this most elaborate and beautiful pictorial language...read more

A detailed resource to the dynasties of approximately 1,500 rulers and royal family members explores their roles in ancient politics, culture, and religion, offering a basic summary of the structure of the pharaonic state and providing a chronological survey from c. 3100 BC and the First Dynasty through Egypt's absorption into the Roman Empire.

Product Description: The royal tombs of the British Isles have long been neglected as archaeological monuments. Within their sarcophagi, vaults, or graves, royal bodies underwent various treatments before burial. At one extreme, the flesh of Henry V was boiled off the bones...read more

From the opulent splendour of the Pharaohs' tombs to hieroglyphic laundry lists, this illustrated book looks at two symbols of the Ancient Egyptians' achievements - the pyramids and the hieroglyphs. It also gives the history of the hieroglyphs. It contains colour photographs of ancient sites, texts, artefacts and wall paintings.

Product Description: Este libro comienza describiendo la estructura del estado faraónico, en especial las características peculiares de la monarquía egipcia y los mecanismos que desarrolló para controlar la estructura burocrática del estado. Después, nos presenta a los personajes fundamentales de las familias reales, explicando el verdadero si...read more

A lavishly illustrated examination of the development and significance of the tomb in ancient Egypt traces burial practices over the course of three millennia while illuminating the work of key scholars who were responsible for the excavations and cataloging of principal cemeteries.

Product Description: In more than 30 essays in two volumes, leading archaeologist Egyptologists examine topics ranging from date stones to insects, from footwear to flour production, relating to sites and finds from all parts of Egypt, in an important collection dedicated to the work and career of a much respected archaeologist...read more

Product Description: Who were the young woman and child buried with magnificent gold and luxurious finery in an Egyptian mummy dated around 1550 BC? Evidence suggests the woman may have been a queen. If so, the National Museums Scotland houses the only Egyptian royal burial seen anywhere outside Cairo...read more

Product Description: During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions...read more

Product Description: The latter part of the fifteenth century BC saw Egypt's political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south. The wealth that flowed into Egypt allowed its kings to commission some of the most stupendous temples of all time, some of the greatest dedicated to Amun-Re, King of the Gods...read more

This book presents a concise account of the lives and times of some of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification of the country around 3000 BC down to the extinction of native rule just under three millennia later. Some, such as Tuthmosis III, had a major impact on their time, and were remembered by their own people until the very civilization collapsed. Others, such as Tutankhamun, were soon forgotten by the Egyptians themselves, only to burst into popular culture thousands of years after their deaths, as a result of the labors of modern archeologists. Still more remain unknown outside the small circle of professional archeologists, but led lives that call out for wider dissemination. This book sets out to provide a mix of all three categories, in an attempt to present a balanced view of Egyptian kings and their range of achievements.