Egypt

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648903970Author Kylie QuillinanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kylie QuillinanPublisher Kylie QuillinanWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt's prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This is perhaps understandable, as the archaeology of Stone Age Egypt...

The traditional demographic regime of ancient Greece and Rome is almost entirely unknown; but our best chance for understanding its characteristics is provided by the three hundred census returns that survive on papyri from Roman Egypt. These returns,...

From the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt was home to larger-than-life personalities. Across one hundred lives, Toby Wilkinson explores the true character and diversity of human experience in the ancient world's greatest...

During his reign, the Pharaoh Akhenaten was able to abolish the complex pantheon of the ancient Egyptian religion and replace it with a single god, the Aten, who had no image or form. Seizing on the striking similarities between the religious vision of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803571Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780835778Author Khodadad RezakhaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint H&s MediaPublisher H&s MediaWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

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Known as the Veiled One, the ugly and deformed Akenhaten is a shadowy figure. As a child he is overlooked and despised by his own father. As an adult he is thrust into the political limelight when his elder brother dies. Mahu, ambitious and ruthless,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715617229Author Fergus MillarFormat PaperbackPage Count 690Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks?Don't bet your afterlife on it.Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its...

Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? Joyce Tyldesley's lively book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant...

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt. While builders from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884564383Author Muata Abhaya AshbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Cruzian Mystic BooksPublisher Cruzian Mystic BooksWeight(grams)...

In this comprehensive book Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most of the mythologies of Eurasia and the Americas ('Laurasia'). By comparing these myths with others indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, Melanesia, and...

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The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson "The author succeeds in bringing this distant age to life through telling detail...

This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt, from about 1550 to 1077 BC, with an emphasis on burials of the wider population. It also covers the regions then under Egyptian control: the Southern Levant and the area of...

An innovative account of the life of Tutankhamun, the rediscovery of his existence, and the enduring impact of the finding of his tomb, by leading Egyptologist Aidan DodsonThe spectacular discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 has given him an afterlife...

At the time of the Egyptian Revolution in 1952, the population of Egypt was around 22 million. At the end of 2002, it stood at 69 million, and was growing at a rate of 1.33 million a year. What happens to a society that grows so quickly, when the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517887295Author Graham HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm)...

Amarna Sunset tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten's religious revolution in the fourteenth century bc. Beginning at the regime's high point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688007966Author Robert (Bob) M. BrierFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 350g

Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs...

For the ancient Egyptians, the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000-1700 BC) was a classical period of art, history and literature. The Twelfth Dynasty was one of the strongest ever to rule on the banks of the Nile: some of its kings were later worshipped as local...

From its origins as a minor nomadic tribe to its status as a major world empire, the rise of the Parthian state in the ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefitted from strong leadership, a flexible and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486218663Author Sir E. A. WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 533Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The present volume reflects the work of the joint expedition of Cairo University and Brown University to record and publish the tombs uncovered on behalf of Cairo University by Prof. Abdel-Moneim Abu Bakr from 1949 through 1953, but never published. The...

One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh of the 19th dynasty (c. 1200 BCE), the last ruling descendent of Ramesses the Great, and one of only two female monarchs...

'Impeccably researched and beautifully written' David Wengrow'Utterly original' Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and...

A collection of letters in a small painted box passed down through three generations of a London family is the starting point for a vivid account of a three-month journey up and down the Nile in a bygone age. The letters, like a time capsule, bring to...

Although some of Egypt's most important archaeological finds were made in the late nineteenth century, at a time when historical fiction was popular, the literature of Egypt had reached very few English readers. Aiming to bring ancient Egypt to life in...

Although some of Egypt's most important archaeological finds were made in the late nineteenth century, at a time when historical fiction was popular, the literature of Egypt had reached very few English readers. Aiming to bring ancient Egypt to life in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500052181Author Garry J ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 121g

Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World offers linked essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures in ancient civilizations across the world. The contributors are leading experts in Ancient Near Eastern...

The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt, and opened up 3,000 years of the country's history and culture. This book tells the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910191200Author Lesley JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint AvaloniaPublisher Avalonia

For centuries, the Celtic peoples of Britain stood fast against invasion and oppression. Theirs is a fascinating and exciting story that includes the deeds of some of the most tenacious and heroic leaders in history - from Caratacus and Boudicca to...

What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it tell us about the history of writing and the story of our own alphabets? How do decipherments work and how...