Ramesses loved by Ptah : the history of a colossal royal statue /
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""King Ramesses II ruled Egypt for an extraordinary sixty-six years (1279-1213 BC) during the Nineteenth Dynasty. A great warrior and lavish builder, he fathered dozens of children and is widely regarded as the most celebrated and powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom. This wonderfully clear, engaging book recounts the dramatic history of the famed red granite colossal statue of Ramesses II now residing in Egypt's Grand Egyptian Museum. One of the biggest statues ever made and part of the urban landscape of modern Cairo, the statue lent its name to Ramses Square and the city's mainline train station, and was so much a symbol of Cairo that it featured in countless Egyptian films. Susanna Thomas recounts the full history of the statue's creation and installation in the Great Temple of Ptah at Memphis during the reign of Ramesses II, its reuse by Ramesses IV, and the later history of the statue during the Greco-Roman and Islamic Periods. The book also provides an overview of how statues were made in ancient Egypt and includes a brief discussion of the statue cults of Ramesses II, kingship, temples, and the expansion of the New Kingdom capital city of Memphis and its temples. The final section covers the history of the statue since its rediscovery and subsequent rescue in the mid-nineteenth century until its installation in the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. Written by a New Kingdom specialist and curatorial expert and illustrated with over 150 images, Ramesses, Beloved by Ptah tells the fascinating story of this magnificent statue within the wider context of statue cults and the reign of Ramesses II, and its subsequent rescue and restoration in modern times.""--
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xi, 127 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781649031853
La chapelle d'Hathor : temple d'Hatchepsout à Deir-el-Bahari II – Façade et salles hypostyles. 1- Figures et planches /
: "The Hathor shrine is one of the three divine shrines erected by Hatsheput in her mortuary temple of Deir-el-Bahari [...]. Volume II concerns the facade and the two hypostyle halls leading to the sanctuaries. It contains plates of photographs and drawings of all the preserved scenes and inscriptions. A booklet presents selected detailed photographs. A link enables the reader to download an interactive PDF and enlarge the plates at will." publisher's description. : 260 pages ; 32 cm. : 9782724706857
The North Saqqara archaeological site handbook for the environmental risk analysis
: 417.P en noir et en coul. 30 x 31 cm. : En tête de la page de titre : Ministry for Environmental Affairs, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency ; Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Directorate for Development Cooperation ; Ministry of Culture, Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities : 888-492-293-3