Searching for the lost tombs of Egypt / Chris Naunton.
Searching for the lost tombs of Egypt / Chris Naunton.
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Publisher
London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/6646
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Language
English
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Physical content
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Imhotep: the man who became a god -- Visible to invisible: Amenhotep I and the Valley of the Kings -- The missing Amarna royals: the enduring mystery -- Herihor: a tomb to 'make Tutankhamun look like Woolworths'? -- A kingdom divided: the royal tombs of the Third Intermediate Period...
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Publisher
London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Egypt boasts some of the most spectacular ancient ruins in the world, scattered across the entire country. Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have unearthed the burials of some of Egypt's celebrated pharaohs, from the chambers deep within the famed pyramids at Giza to the tombs hidden away in the rocky hills of the Valley of the Kings. An...
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Searching for the lost tombs of Egypt / Chris Naunton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/6646
Record Identifier
74VKVQBjbddg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQBjbddg
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ISBN
0500051992 hardback
9780500051993 hardback
DDC
932
MMS ID
991024199719802626
