Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Flinders Petrie By Margaret S. Drower


Flinders Petrie
Title : Flinders Petrie
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ISBN : 0299146243
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 528




Flinders Petrie has been called the Father of Modern Egyptology and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archaeological methods This fascinating biography of Petrie was first published to high acclaim in England in 1985 Margaret S Drower, a student of Petrie s in the early 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, through hi Flinders Petrie has been called the Father of Modern Egyptology and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archaeological met...

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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt By Lionel Casson


Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
Title : Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
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ISBN : 0801866014
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 176




Lionel Casson offers a comprehensive introduction to the people of ancient Egypt He describes the structure of Egyptian society the levels from peasant to pharaoh, the nature of the family, and the role of women He reviews the professions, from the lowliest scribes to the architects and engineers who built the pyramids, and examines the work of sculptors, painters, cabin Lionel Casson offers a comprehensive introduction to the people of ancient Egypt He describes the structure of Egyptian society the leve...

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Monday, 13 July 2015

Lady of the Reeds (Lady of the Reeds, #1) By Pauline Gedge


Lady of the Reeds (Lady of the Reeds, #1)
Title : Lady of the Reeds (Lady of the Reeds, #1)
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ISBN : 1569470723
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 520




She grew up on the reed lined banks of the Upper Nile but she was not like the other villagers of Aswat Intelligent and ambitious, Thu is convinced that her destiny is greater than to marry a peasant, tend crops and breed sons She wants When Hui, aristocrat, healer and famed seer, anchors his barge at the nearby temple, young Thu swims to it, willing to offer him a She grew up on the reed lined banks of the Upper Nile but she was not like the other villagers of Aswat Intelligent and ambitious, ...

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Monday, 23 February 2015

The Lost Queen By Cheryl L. Fluty


The Lost Queen
Title : The Lost Queen
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ISBN :
Format : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 414




Ankhsenamun She was the last surviving member of the glorious Eighteenth Dynasty, a dynasty that had produced many of Egypt s greatest pharaohs, She was the daughter of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten, founder of the world s first monotheistic religion, and his Great Wife, the beautiful Queen Nefertiti Now her brother husband, King Tutankhamun, was dead, killed in a ch Ankhsenamun She was the last surviving member of the glorious Eighteenth Dynasty, a dynasty that had produced many of Egypt s greatest phara...

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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Amelia Edwards By Joan Rees


Amelia Edwards
Title : Amelia Edwards
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ISBN : 0948695609
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 128




This, the first biography of Amelia Edwards, sets out her work as the founder of the Egypt Exploration Society and writer of A Thousand Miles up the Nile in the context of her previous career as novelist and journalist It traces her development from a multi gifted child to an adventurous and unconventional woman and finally to her life as a dedicated and reclusive worker This, the first biography of Amelia Edwards, sets out her work as the founder of the Egypt Exploration Society and writer of A...

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Monday, 28 October 2013

Egyptian Diaries By Jean-François Champollion


Egyptian Diaries
Title : Egyptian Diaries
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ISBN : 1903933293
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This is the first English publication of the Egyptian diaries of the man who, against the odds, broke the code of the Rosetta stone Peter Clayton provides an authoritative introduction to the book....

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Saturday, 8 June 2013

Cleopatra's Secret By Lydia Storm


Cleopatra's Secret
Title : Cleopatra's Secret
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ISBN :
Format : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 315




Hidden beneath a veil of incense, inside Egypt s most sacred temple, lies the door to a secret chamber Cleopatra must guard with her life Within resides an ancient mystery the pharaohs and their high priests, The Keepers of the Light, have protected for thousands of years But with the rise of Rome s first Emperor, Augustus Caesar, Cleopatra is forced to fight to save her Hidden beneath a veil of incense, inside Egypt s most sacred temple, lies the door to a secret chamber Cleopatra must guard with her lif...

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Sunday, 14 April 2013

Napoleon in Egypt By Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti


Napoleon in Egypt
Title : Napoleon in Egypt
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ISBN : 1558763376
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 218




When Napoleon descended upon Egypt in 1798 it was the first contact between a Western European power with imperial ambitions the Arab world Sheikh Al Jabarti chronicled the occupation has left a fascinating record of how the Arabs viewed the French enterprise....

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Thursday, 28 March 2013

Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians By Bob Brier


Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
Title : Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
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ISBN : 0313303134
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 272




Explore the daily lives of ordinary people in ancient Egypt 3000 to 30 B.C.E through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from the temple walls of the people themselves Students can use this unique and most up to date resource on the subject to examine the history of one of our oldest civilizations Detailed inscripti Explore the daily lives of ordinary people in ancient Egypt 3000 to 30 B.C.E through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions...

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