2011. szeptember 30., péntek

Egyiptológiai könyvek kedvező árakon az Oxbow Books-nál

Az Óbirodalom építészetének és régészetének tárgyköréből kínál kedvező előrendelési lehetőséget az Oxbow Books oldala, melyet ráadásképpen néhány régebbi tételre vonatkozó árengedménnyel fejel meg.
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Old Kingdom, New Perspectives: Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750-2150 BC
edited by Nigel Strudwick and Helen Strudwick
Recent research on all aspects of the Old Kingdom in Egypt is presented in this volume, ranging through the Pyramid Texts, tomb architecture, ceramics, scene choice and layout, field reports, cemetery layout, tomb and temple statuary. The contributions also show how Egyptology is not stuck in its venerable traditions but that newer forms of technology are being used to great effect by Egyptologists. For example, two papers show how GIS technology ...
Hardback. GB £60.00, GB £44.95
 

 Explorers and Artists in the Valley of the Kings
Roehrig, Catharine H
Egypt was very much en vogue in 19th century Europe and many scholars decided to experience all that was Egyptian at first hand. This book tells the story of some of these men who travelled to western Thebes between c.1740 and 1860, and especially the etchings, sketches and watercolours that they made to record the many monuments and landscapes that they saw. Fully illustrated throughout this is the story of the rediscovery of Egypt ...
Hardback. GB £33.95, GB £9.95

 
Illustrated Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
by Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson
This book produced by the British Museum, provides clear definitions and commentary on the most common Egyptological terms, sites, historical figures and so on, with many colour and black and white illustrations. The second edition has been brought bang up to date with the finds of the last decade, and considerably expanded, with more on Egpytology as a discipline, and much more on the European exploration and rediscovery of Egypt. 368p col ...
Hardback. GB £25.00, GB £9.95


King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb
Hawass, Zahi A
This is the official book accompanying the Tutankhamun exhibition currently on display in the Millennium Dome. It is everything you'd expect, big, beautiful, and stuffed full of absolutely glorious photographs of the artefacts on display, including a number of fold out sections. The text merely describes the pieces, their discovery and probable use - it is the photos you will be buying this for. 296p col photos on every page (Thames and Hudson ...
Hardback. GB £39.95, GB £19.95
 

Lives of the Ancient Egyptians: Pharaohs, Queens, Courtiers and Commoners
by Toby Wilkinson
This slightly unusual book takes the form of a series of 100 short biographies of Ancient Egyptians. Some are well known such as Akhenaten, Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, but most are much more obscure and thus allow the reader to build up a more complete picture of life in Egypt. Thus we learn of the military career of Ahmose son of Abana, a naval officer under 3 successive Pharaohs, and Paneb, a tomb robber, as well as Hesira the court dentist and ...
Hardback. GB £24.95, GB £9.95


Nubian Pharaohs : Black Kings on the Nile
Bonnet, Charles
In 2003, a Swiss archaeological team working in northern Sudan uncovered one of the most remarkable Egyptological finds in recent years. At the site known as Kerma, near the third cataract of the Nile, archaeologist Charles Bonnet and his team discovered a ditch within a temple from the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven monumental black granite statues. Magnificently sculpted, and in an excellent state of preservation, they portrayed ...
Hardback. GB £34.50, GB £14.95


Tomb in Ancient Egypt
Dodson, Aidan
Like all Thames and Hudson books this is a well illustrated and designed book, but this one really stands out for the comprehensiveness and detail of the text as well. The opening third of the book looks at Egyptian beliefs concerning burial, the social context of tomds, their construction and their decoration. The majority of the book is then dedicated to a chronological survey of Egyptian tombs, noting changes in design and function and ...
Hardback. GB £29.95, GB £14.95


The Holy Land and Egypt and Nubia
by David Roberts
n 1838 and 1839, Roberts spent eleven months traveling and sketching throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel and through Sinai to Petra, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Lebanon. The 247 lithographs that Belgian engraver Louis Haghe then produced at the rate of one a month from the drawings executed during Roberts' extraordinary trip were published in six volumes by Francis Graham Moon, as The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia ...
Hardback. GB £85.00, GB £29.95


Royal Mummies: Immortality in Ancient Egypt
by Francis Janot
This lavishly illustrated book acquaints the readers with both the physical procedures and the religious rites involved in preparing a royal corpse for eternity. The modern discovery of the royal mummies is described, and the latest research on the mummies themselves is presented, including X-rays and CT scans, which help us to understand not only how particular pharaohs died but also what ailments they may have suffered in life, and in some ...
Hardback. GB £40.00, GB £14.95


Queens of Ancient Egypt
by Rosanna Pirelli
Explores the variety of roles of an Egyptian queen through time: queen consort, mother of kings, priestess, co-ruler with a pharaoh, or even sovereign in her own right. From Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, via Nefertiti and Nefertari, all the best known and lesser known queens of ancient Egypt are here. Over 250 color photographs of statues, paintings, and reliefs supplement the text. 272p col illus (American University in Cairo Press 2008)
Hardback. GB £35.00, GB £12.95 

 

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