The tomb of Ptahhotep I /
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"The publication presents detailed recordings of the Old Kingdom tomb of Ptahhotep I, a tomb noted to be 'the most beautiful in Saqqara' by one of its early excavators. Unlike earlier publications, the monograph includes 150 coloured and detailed photographs, as well as high resolution line drawings showcasing the quality of the tomb's scenes and its exceptional architectural plan. Alsoincluded is a discussion on the tomb owner and a detailed analysis of the scenes, with some previously unknown erasures and modifications attesting to their intentional alteration by the ancient Egyptians" -- Publisher website.
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39 pages, 92 pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0856688517
9780856688515
Scholars, scoundrels, and the Sphinx : a photographic and archaeological adventure up the Nile /
: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Scholars, Scoundrels, and the Sphinx: A Photographic and Archaeological Adventure up the Nile"-- T.p. verso. : xii, 122 pages : maps, photos. ; 31 cm. : AIncludes bibliographical references (pages 113) and index. : 1880174049
The Mosques of Egypt /
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Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al-As in AD 639. Amr immediately established his capital at al-Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built Africa's first mosque, one still in regular use today. Since then, governors, caliphs, sultans, amirs, beys, pashas, among others, have built mosques, madrasas, and mausoleums throughout Egypt in a changing sequence of Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, and modern styles. Here, a leading historian of Islamic art and culture celebrates the great variety of Egypt's mosques and related religious buildings, from the early congregational mosques, through the medieval mausoleum--madrasas, to the neighborhood mosques of the Ottoman and modern periods. With outstanding architectural photography and authoritative descriptive texts, this book will be valued as the finest on the subject by scholars and general readers alike. Includes more that 80 of the country's most historic mosques, with more than 500 color photographs. -- Inside jacket flap.
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xxxix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 351-356) and index. :
9789774167324
Tutankhamun's tomb : the thrill of discovery /
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Photographs from the set of prints and negatives in archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibitions 'Wonderful things! The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Harry Burton photographs" held at the Oriental Institute Museum, the University of Chicago, May 26-October 8, 2006, and 'Tutankhamun's tomb : the thrill of discovery' held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 19, 2006-April 29, 2007"--T.p. verso. :
103 p. : ill., map ; 32 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103). :
1588391892 (hc : Metropolitan Museum of Art)
9781588391896 (hc : Metropolitan Museum of Art)
0300120265 (hc : Yale University Press)
9780300120264 (hc : Yale University Press)