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Exploring Ancient Egypt The Civilization of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw by Paul Johnson Reveals the excitement of science and history as it tours archaeological Explores the growth and decline of the ancient Egyptian culture, looking discoveries from ancient Egypt. Each of twenty chapters treats a in detail at the state, religion, culture and geographical setting. particular site, reflecting a variety of site types and offering a balance 256p, col pls (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1999) hardback, 9780060194345, between daily life, religion, and funerary practices. $45.00. Reduced to $14.98 240p (Oxford University Press 2003) hardback, 9780195116786, $39.95. Reduced to $15.98 Egypt Ancient and Modern Eternal Egypt by Isabella Brega by Pierre Montet This colorful guide to the great archaeological wonders of Egypt shows A readable and entertaining introduction, this books is a welcome how monuments, temples, artworks and landscapes have changed diversion from other accounts that utilise the framework provided by through time. Arranged geographically. dynastic succession to discuss only ancient Egyptian history. 136p, col pls (American University in Cairo Press 1999) paperback, 338p, 58 b/w illus (Phoenix Press 2000) paperback, 9781898800460, $19.95. 9789774245381, $27.50. Reduced to $6.98 Reduced to $6.98 Ancient Egypt The Life of Max Mallowan Artists and Explorers in the Land of the Pharaohs Archaeology and Agatha Christie by Catharine H Roehrig and Franco Serino by Henrietta McCall Shrouded for millennia in a veil of mystery, the civilization of Egypt of The first full-length biography ever published. the Pharaohs was rediscovered in the 17th century, when the earliest 216p, 8 b/w pls (British Museum Press 2001) hardback, 9780714111490, explorers described the monuments of Ancient Egypt in texts and $43.00. Reduced to $14.98 splendid illustrations - half works of art and half scientific documents. 328p (White Star Publishers 2003) hardback, 9788880952442, $105.00. Adventures in Egypt and Nubia Reduced to $39.98 The Travels of William John Bankes (1786-1855) by Patricia Usick Studies in Ancient Egypt, This is the story of Bankes’s life, travels and his contribution to the Aegean and the Sudan Egyptology. Essays in Honor of Dows Dunham 224p, 112 b/w & col pls (British Museum Press 2002) hardback, edited by William Kelly Simpson and W M Davis 9780714118031, $45.00. Reduced to $19.98 This festschrift contains 29 scholarly articles in honor of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s curator Dows Dunham. Topics range from Egypt, to Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H S Smith Nubia, to the Aegean world. edited by Anthony Leahy and John Tait 226p, 143 b/w & 3 col pls, b/w illus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1981) This collection of articles is dedicated to one of the world’s leading hardback, 9780878461974, $50.00. Reduced to $19.98 Egyptologists. It contains contributions from leading scholars. 336p, 96 figs, 95 b/w pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1999, Occasional A Passion for Egypt Publications 13) hardback, 9780856981517, $120.00. Reduced to $ 49.98 A Biography of Arthur Weigall by Julie Hankey A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt Arthur Weigall (1880–1934) was an Edwardian Egyptologist, at one time by Margaret Bunson the Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt, a correspondent for the Daily Mail and in later life a filmmaker and film critic. From Aha, king of the 1st Dynasty at Memphis, to the vast complex of pleasure palaces at Zerukha, this A-Z dictionary places more than 1,500 380p, b/w illus (I B Tauris 2001) hardback, 9781860645662, $35.00. entries on the rich world of ancient Egypt within easy access. Reduced to $9.98 291p, many b/w illus (Oxford University Press 1995) paperback, 9780195099898, $22.50. Reduced to $6.98 Egypt from the Air by Max Rodenbeck, photographs by Guido Alberto Rossi A Dedicated Life This beautiful book takes the reader on a colorful tour of Egypt, Tributes Offered in Memory of Rosalind Moss beginning with 19th-century representations of monuments, towns edited by T G H James and landscapes and followed by large photographs of the monuments today. Rosalind Moss was one of the most remarkable figures of Egyptology in this century, whose work exerted profound influence on research 208p, col pls (Thames and Hudson 1991, reprint 2000) hardback, techniques of Egyptology. 9780810932548, $59.95. Reduced to $29.98 110p (Griffith Institute 1990) hardback, 9780900416569, $52.00. Reduced to $9.98 Secrets from the Sand My Search for Egypt’s Past Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson by Zahi Hawass edited by Peter Der Manuelian Zahi Hawass is a name that is familiar to Egyptologists worldwide as the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Department. Juggling his role as A two-volume Festschrift; 68 articles including expedition reports, art- administrator, politician, archaeologist, writer and ambassador, this historical essays, philological treatises and general histories. book tells Zahi’s story in his own words. 2 vols, 918p, 232 b/w pls, illus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1996) hardback, 272p, 251 col & 11 b/w pls (Abrams 2003) hardback, 9780810945425, 9780878463909, $225.00. Reduced to $49.98 $45.00. Reduced to $19.98

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The History of Death Moving the Obelisks Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, by Bern Dibner from the Ancient World to Modern Times A chapter in engineering history in which the Vatican obelisk in Rome in by Michael Kerrigan 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study of more recent similar Covering all periods in history and religions, the book also examines the moves. differing approaches to funerals, whether solemn, celebratory, drunken 62p, illus (Burndy Library 1991) paperback, 9780262540100, $22.99. or even sexually promiscuous. Reduced to $12.98 192p (Lyons 2007) paperback, 9781599212012, $19.95. Reduced to $7.98 Ancient Egypt by Ippolito Rosellini Seafaring in Ancient Egypt by Franco Serino by David Fabre This volume recounts the era of early Egyptology at the start of the This richly illustrated study explores the maritime history of ancient nineteenth century, and presents the most beautiful plates from Egypt as well as the remains that are now being discovered beneath Rosellini’s work made following the long expedition. the sea. 128p, col & b/w illus (White Star Publishers 2003) hardback, 9788880959038, 278p, col & b/w pls (Periplus 2004) hardback, 9781902699332, $99.00. $40.00. Reduced to $14.98 Reduced to $39.98 Cairo Gold of Praise A Cultural History Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F Wente by Andrew Beattie edited by Emily Teeter and John A Larson Explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of this city where the This Festschrift in honor of Prof. Edward F Wente contains contributions enduring legacies of the ancient Egyptians, the early Coptic Church, by forty-three of his colleagues and friends. British colonial rule and the modernist zeal of the post-independence era have all left their mark. 494p, 140 b/w illus, 7 tbls (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 1999, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 58) paperback, 9781885923097, 252p (Oxford University Press 2006) paperback, 9780195178920, $19.95. $75.00. Reduced to $19.98 Reduced to $6.98

Egypt Early Coptic Textiles Stones of Light An Exhibition of Egyptian Textiles from the Late Roman and photographs by Hervé Champollion Byzantine Periods in the Stanford Museum Collection This gorgeous book of images portrays Egypt’s ancient stones in natural by Suzanne Lewis light, forming a breathtaking pictorial history of one of the world’s most Exhibit catalogue with introduction. fascinating ancient civilizations. 87p, 47 pls (Stanford University 1969) paperback, $29.95. 144p, col illus (Abrams 2004) hardback, 9780810948433, $35.00. Reduced to $9.98 Reduced to $14.98 The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt The Nile by William Northdurft with Josh Smith by Robert O Collins In 1911 a young German palaeontologist, whilst exploring the Egyptian From the early canals dug by the pharaohs to the building of the Aswan desert for fossil evidence of early mammals, discovered four enormous High Dam in 1971, this book charts the dynamic interplay between new dinosaur species and other fossil specimens. This book tells his man and nature in chronicling the past, present, and future of this story alongside that of an American-led expedition launched 89 years great river. later to rediscover his dinosaur graveyard. 260p (Yale University Press 2002) hardback, 9780300097641, $45.00. 242p, b/w pls (Random House 2003) Reduced to $9.98 paperback, 9780375759796, $13.95. Reduced to $5.98 hardback, 9780375507953, $24.95. Reduced to $7.98 Secrets of the Sands The Revelations of Egypt’s Everlasting Oasis The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Harry Thurston edited by Michael D. Coogan In this extraordinary book, a journalist follows an international team of For more than a century, archeologists have been unearthing the tombs, archaeologists as they unlock the secrets of nearly half-a-million years temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean using high-tech methods. world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have begun to 400p (Arcade Publishing 2004) hardback, 9781559707039, $27.95. synthesize this material with the biblical traditions. The Oxford History Reduced to $7.98 of the Biblical World incorporates the best of this scholarship, and in chronologically ordered chapters presents the reader with a readable and integrated study of the history, art, architecture, languages, literatures, and religion of biblical Israel and early Judaism and Christianity in their larger cultural contexts. The authors also examine such issues as the roles of women, the tensions between urban and rural settings, royal and kinship social structures, and official and popular religions of the region. Readers will find that 200 photographs, line drawings, and maps as well as an insert containing 25 color photographs vividly illustrate the history discussed. 672p, 142 photos (Oxford UP 1998) hardback, $65.00. Reduced to $19.98

Mallowan’s Memoirs Agatha and the Archaeologist by Max Mallowan Sir Max Mallowan’s autobiography provides an informal and often witty account of both his archaeological career and his life with Agatha Christie. 320p, b/w illus (Harper Collins 2001) paperback, 9780007117048, $15.95. Reduced to $6.98

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Textiles from Karanis, Egypt, in the Kelsey Egypt Lost and Found Museum of Archaeology Explorers and Travellers on the Nile Artifacts of Everyday Life by Alberto Siliotti by Thelma K Thomas The book traces Europe’s rediscovery of Egypt, beginning with the This illustrated book is the catalogue of a Kelsey Museum of Archaeology shadowy and exotic accounts in Herodotus and Ptolemy, and ending exhibition that documents a selection of textiles from the Michigan with the 19th-century Orientalist paintings of Hector Horeau and David Karanis excavations, along with the processes of their manufacture, Roberts. their place in the culture and society, and their archaeological contexts. 368p, col illus (Thames and Hudson 1998) hardback, 9780500018828, 48p, 57 illus (Kelsey Museum 2001) paperback, $15.00. Reduced to $6.98 $60.00. Reduced to $29.98

Ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Studies Explorers and Artists in the Valley of the Kings in Memory of William A Ward by Catherine H Roehrig edited by Leonard H Lesko This book presents some of the wealth of etchings, sketches, and Nineteen essays by internationally renowned scholars. watercolors that were produced by European travelers to western Thebes between about 1740 and 1860. 271p, illus (Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, Brown University 1998) hardback, 9780966268508, $89.95. Reduced to $19.98 96p, illus (White Star Publishers 2002) hardback, 9788880957881, $40.00. Reduced to $14.98 Hermes Aegyptiacus How Many Miles to Babylon? Egyptological Studies for B H Stricker on his 85th Birthday Travels and Adventures to Egypt and Beyond, from 1300 to 1640 edited by Terence DuQuesne by Anne Wolff Fifteen essays on Egyptian religion mainly in English and German. This book uses the writing of European travelers to Egypt between c. 189p, illus (DE Publications 1995, Discussions in Egyptology) paperback, 1300 and c. 1600 to give a picture of the country in the late medieval 9780951070468, $69.50. Reduced to $9.98 and early Renaissance periods. 256p (Liverpool University Press 2003) Some Geographical Notes on Ancient Egypt hardback, 9780853236580, $65.00. Reduced to $14.98 A Selection of Published Papers, 1975–1997 paperback, 9780853236689, $25.00. Reduced to $9.98 by Alessandra Nibbi A selection of papers published over the last twenty years. They are Urbanism in the Preindustrial World largely concerned with the physical aspects of ancient Egypt - the Cross-Cultural Approaches identification of places, the meaning of words, plant types, interpretation by Glenn Storey of hieroglyphs and Egyptian concepts of geography. The contributors combine their archaeological and historical expertise 423p (DE Publications 1997) paperback, 9780951070475, $90.00. to reveal commonalities, as well as theoretical extrapolations and Reduced to $9.98 methodological approaches, at work in Greece, Mesoamerica, the Andes, Italy, Egypt, Africa, United States, Denmark, and China. In Search of the Immortals 560p (University of Alabama Press 2006) paperback, 9780817352462, $44.95. Discovering the World’s Mummy Cultures Reduced to $9.98 by Howard Reid Egypt was not the only ancient culture that preserved its dead. As this Coptic Textiles in the Brooklyn Museum fascinating study shows, communities across the Old and New Worlds by Deborah Thompson went to often extraordinary lengths to preserve their loved ones, 124p, illus (The Brooklyn Museum 1971) hardback, 9781593339890, $34.95. enemies or sacrificial victims. Reduced to $9.98 307p, col pls (Headline 1999) hardback, 9780747262244, $30.00. Reduced to $12.98 paperback, 9780747275565, $25.00. Reduced to $7.98 Letters from the Desert The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie The Thames & Hudson Dictionary edited by Margaret Drower of Ancient Egypt In this book anyone interested in archaeology and Ancient Egypt can experience the unique atmosphere of life on a Petrie dig. The book also by Toby Wilkinson includes color reproductions of Hilda and Flinders Petrie’s watercolors. All the major archaeological sites of Egypt and the Sudan are described, 224p, col & b/w illus (Aris & Phillips 2004) hardback, 9780856687488, $70.00. from Abu Ghurab with its ancient sun temples to Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham and its newly excavated fortress. A unique feature of this Reduced to $19.98 unrivaled coverage is a separate entry for every king who ruled Egypt. 272p, 150 col & 100 b/w illus (Thames and Hudson 2005) hardback, Ancient Egypt 9780500051375, $50.00. Reduced to $19.98 A Very Short Introduction by Ian Shaw The Book of the Sphinx Describes how our current ideas about Egypt are based not only on by Willis Goth Regier discoveries made by early Egyptologist but also on fascinating new kinds Unearths the many forms of the sphinx and explores its extraordinary of evidence produced by modern scientific and linguistic analyses. appeal. Digs deep into the cultural history of the sphinx, taking the 208p (Oxford University Press 2004) paperback, 9780192854193, $9.95. reader on a journey through ancient Egypt, Greece and Babylon, into Reduced to $4.98 Judaism and Christianity. 256p (Sutton 2005) hardback, 9780750938617, $40.00. Ancient Egyptians Reduced to $16.98 The Kingdom of the Pharaohs Brought to Life by Anton Gill As well as detailing all aspects of Ancient Egyptian life, this book also focuses on four specific stories of ordinary people, bringing them back to life in compelling, illustrated tales based on real texts. 256p (Harper Collins 2004) paperback, 9780007144006, $27.00. Reduced to $9.98

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Alexandria Mammals of Ancient Egypt City and Myth by Dale J.Osborn and Jana Osbornová by Niall Finneran This encyclopedic and authoritative book focuses on the mammals Alexandria was one of the most important cities of the ancient world, depicted by the Egyptians and the many roles they played: as gods, with achievements in the arts, sciences, and religion. It is seen as a magical beings, medicine, food, for sport or simply as pets. unique example of African urbanism, an Egyptian city facing the wider 244p, with many b/w pls (Aris & Phillips 1998) paperback, 9780856685224, Mediterranean world, which became an archetype for social, religious, $80.00. Reduced to $24.98 and cultural cosmopolitanism. 176p (Tempus 2005) paperback, 9780752433417, $35.00. Protodynastic Egypt Reduced to $9.98 by Barbara Adams and Krysztof Cialowicz 64p, 46 b/w pls (Shire Publications 1997) paperback, 9780747803577, Voyages of the Pyramid Builders $14.00. Reduced to $5.98 The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle by Robert Schoch and Robert Aquinas McNally by Jason Thompson Shows how the pyramids of Egypt and the Far East and those of the A full and very readable biography of the colorful 19th century Americas and other parts of the globe were more than coincidental Egyptologist. As well as describing Wilkinson’s work in detail, the author echoes of one another. paints an incomparable picture of the excitement of early Egyptology. 338p (Tarcher 2003) hardback, 9781585422036, $24.95. Reduced to $9.98 298p (Texas UP 1992) hardback, 9780292776432, $29.95. Reduced to $7.98

Chariot The Ancient Egyptians The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World’s First War Machine Life in the Old Kingdom by Arthur Cotterell by Jill Kamil This book tells the story of the rise and fall of the chariot in the Old This new and completely revised edition traces the origins of the World through sources such as Homer’s Iliad, Chinese chronicles and Egyptian civilization through the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom, in Roman histories. light of contemporary theories and the many recent discoveries made 344p, b/w illus, 4 maps (Pimlico 2004) hardback, 9780712669429, $29.95. in the field of Egyptology. Reduced to $9.98 196p (AUC Press 1996) hardback, 9789774243929 , $25.00. Reduced to $7.98 Boats by Dilwyn Jones The Living Stones of Cairo Draws on the archaeological and literary evidence of the role of the by Jaroslaw Dobrowolski boat in ritual and belief as well as in the practicalities of everyday life This work presents a series of pen and ink sketches of historic Cairene – from papyrus skiffs to fishing boats to enormous obelisk barges. architecture, made by a single artist over a period of ten years. The 100p, 8 col & 60 b/w pls (British Museum Press 1995, Egyptian Bookshelf) accompanying text presents the monuments as part of a larger cultural, paperback, 9780714109756, $19.95. Reduced to $6.98 social and historical continuum, placing the buildings in human perspective. Books of the Dead 120p (American University in Cairo Press 2001) paperback, 9789774246326, Manuals for Living and Dying $29.50. Reduced to $9.98 by Stanislav Grof Considers some of the most striking and important of the so-called The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Egypt ‘books of the dead’: ancient Egyptian funerary texts, the Tibetan Bardo by Helen Strudwick Thodol, Maya and Aztec myths of the death and rebirth of the Hero A beautifully illustrated guide to this rich and fascinating civilization, Twins and the Plumed Serpent, Quetzalcoatl. from prehistoric times to the reign of Cleopatra. Each chapter provides 96p (Thames and Hudson 1994) paperback, 9780500810415, $15.95. a quick but rewarding account of a different period of Egypt’s history. Reduced to $7.98 32p, illus (Oxford University Press 2006) hardback, 9780195301274, $18.95. Reduced to $6.98 Egypt and Nubia Gifts of the Desert Studies in Egyptian Antiquities by Renee Friedman A tribute to T G H James This book comprises eighteen papers that explore aspects of the use edited by W V Davies and exploitation of the deserts lying to the east and west of the Nile A collection of 15 wide-ranging papers on Egyptology brought together Valley by the ancient Egyptians and their prehistoric ancestors. in honour of Harry James’ 75 birthday (now retired Keeper of Egyptian 328p, 135 col & 132 b/w illus (British Museum Press 2002) paperback, Antiquities). 9780714119540, $xx.xx. Reduced to $19.98 178p, 22 col pls, 32 b/w pls (British Museum Press 1999, British Museum Occasional Paper 123) paperback, 9780861591237, $72.00. Francis Frith’s Egypt and the Holy Land Reduced to $9.98 by Francis Frith & Richard Lunn Déscription de l’Egypte Here are over a hundred of Francis Frith’s pioneering photographs of Egypt and the Holy Land that took the London art world by storm. Napoleon’s Expedition to the Discovery of Ancient Egypt Taken between 1857 and 1860, they remain some of the earliest and by Franco Serino most accomplished photographic images ever taken of the region. Announced in 1802, this great encyclopedia took twenty years to 240p, illus (Frith Book Company Ltd. 2005) hardback, 9781859377932, complete and published the work of archaeologists, scientists, artists $52.00. Reduced to $14.98 and engravers. Its stunning plates bring Napoleon’s Egypt and the discoveries of his archaeologists and scientists to life. 128p, many col and b/w illus (White Star Publishers 2003) hardback, 9788880959021, $52.00. Reduced to $14.98

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Egypt Egypt 1950 How a Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered My First Visit by Joyce Tyldesley by Bernard V. Bothmer, edited by Emma Swan Hall This book tells the full story of the discoveries of treasures that had lain Bernard V. Bothmer was a leading Egyptologist and art historian of the completely hidden and undisturbed for nearly two thousand years. mid-twentieth century. Born in Berlin, he emigrated to America in 1941, 256p, illus (University of California Press 2006) hardback, 9780520250208, and soon become an assistant curator of Ancient Art at the Museum of $24.95. Reduced to $9.98 Fine Arts in Boston. In 1950 Bothmer received a small grant to go to Egypt, to familiarize himself with the Cairo Museum and the From the Pyramids to Tutankhamun archaeological sites, and to visit and study the places where the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition had done its Memoirs of an Egyptologist fieldwork before the War. It was his first visit to Egypt. In this book, his by I E S Edwards diary of the trip, Bothmer details all the places he visited, from Aswan This autobiography describes Edwards’ early life and childhood, his in the south to Saqqara in the north, and the people he met along the developing interest and schooling in Egyptology and his career at the trains and donkeys to the Hotel Luxor, and alludes to the political and British Museum. social circumstances surrounding the practice of archaeology in Egypt 349p, b/w pls (Oxbow Books 2000) hardback, 9781842170083, $70.00. in the middle of the 20th century. Reduced to $19.98 187p, illus. (Oxbow Books 2003) hardback, $80.00. Reduced to $19.98

Joseph Lindon Smith The Grove Encyclopedia Paintings from Egypt: An Exhibition at Brown University of Classical Art and Architecture October 8 - November 21, 1998 by Gordon Campbell edited by Barbara S. Lesko The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture spans every art Catalogue of an exhibition of Smith’s paintings held at Brown University form, medium, and civilization of the era. Arranged alphabetically and in 1998.The forty plates are nicely reproduced in color. enriched with more than 550 halftones, maps, line drawings, and 60p, 40 color pls (Brown University 1998) paperback, 9780966268515, dozens of color plates, this two-volume set contains more than 1,000 $25.00. Reduced to $5.98 entries tracing the development of the art forms in Classical civilizations. The Encyclopedia contains hundreds of updated, revised, and expanded entries from the expansive scholarship in the Dictionary of Art and The Garden in Ancient Egypt Grove Art Online, as well as dozens of new, specially-commissioned by Alix Wilkinson entries, making The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture The first English language book to go beyond the identification and the most comprehensive reference resource on this important and classification of ancient Egyptian plants to discuss the gardens and popular field of study for students, researchers, and art lovers alike. gardeners of ancient Egypt. 1600p, 2 vols, illus. (Oxford UP 2007) Hardback, $250.00. 230p, 20 col pls, 90 figs (Rubicon Press 1998) paperback, 9780948695483, Reduced to $74.98 $33.95. Reduced to $9.98 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History Gifts from the Pharaohs edited by John B. Hattendorf How Ancient Egyptian Civilization Shaped the Modern World In four volumes and nearly 1,000 signed articles by an international by Christiane Desroches Noblecourt group of historians and naval officers, the Encyclopedia offers a uniquely This book substantiates how the fundamental ideas, principles, and integrated approach, emphasizing the connections between maritime beliefs on which Western civilization is based originated in ancient history and many related fields, including naval history, shipbuilding, Egypt. F navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, exploration and maritime geography, 288p, illus (Flammarion 2007) hardback, 9782080305626, $39.95. oceanography and hydrology, and international maritime law. In so Reduced to $19.98 doing, the Encyclopedia provides, in a single reference work, a wealth of information that can otherwise be found only with the help of an Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs extensive library. by Angela McDonald 2912p, 4 vols, illus. (Oxford UP 2007) Hardback, $550.00. In this colorful illustrated guide, Angela McDonald explains how the Reduced to $149.98 Egyptians composed names for the elements of their world and along the way opens a fascinating window on their ancient culture--their Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers gods, enemies, animals, and more. With practical guides and a lively, informative text, she shows how to create many charming and useful Early Maritime Civilizations phrases in hieroglyphs for yourself, your friends, your pets--even your by Tony Eugene and Robert Ballard house. There are step-by-step tips on how to draw some of the trickier Explores the mysteries of the ancient maritime civilizations of the signs and a collection of genuine Egyptian phrases--greetings, laments, Mediterranean, exploring the civilizations near the Black Sea, Egypt, and insults--for use in your own compositions. Greece, Minoan Crete, and Italy in search of ancient shipwrecks. 80p, illus. (California UP 2007) Paperback, $15.95. Reduced to $6.98 256p, many color illus. (National Geographic 2004) Hardback, $35.00. Reduced to $14.98 Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World by Timothy Darvill With over 4,000 entries covering the essential vocabulary for everyday edited by John Roberts archaeological work in the English language, this dictionary is the most Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first Olympic Games in wide-ranging and comprehensive of its kind. There is coverage of 776 BC to the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180, this accessible and principles, theories, techniques, artefacts, materials, people, places, immensely wide-ranging reference work contains more than 2,500 monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms--from amphora to entries on the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. A fascinating ziggurat, and Beaker Culture to molluscan analysis. The dictionary resource for anyone interested in the foundations of Western culture, focuses especially on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas, and it draws on the groundbreaking Oxford Classical Dictionary to present covers legislation relating to the United Kingdom and the USA. The clear, authoritative description and analysis of the Graeco-Roman archaeology of a selection of key sites from around the world is also world. described. 872p (Oxford UP 2005) hardback, $40.00. Reduced to $14.98 528p (Oxford UP 2003) paperback, $17.95. Reduced to $6.98

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The Search for Nefertiti Egypt of the Pharaohs by Joann Fletcher by A H Gardiner Her power was rivaled only by her beauty. Her face has become one of This volume provides a comprehensive history of this fascinating land the most recognizable images in the world. She was an independent from its earliest days to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. woman and thinker centuries before her time. But who was Egypt’s 461p (Oxford University Press 1964) paperback, 9780195002676, $19.95. Queen Nefertiti? Reduced to $7.98 464p, b/w & col illus (William Morrow & Company 2004) hardback, 9780060585563, $25.95. Reduced to $9.98 Ramesses II, Greatest of the Pharaohs Problems concerning Amenophis III by Bernadette Menu The reign of Ramesses II was long and memorable, transforming Egypt, by Hans Goedicke and bringing prosperity, justice and order. Menu explores Ramesses’ Contents: The Nbty- and Gold-Horus name of Amenophis III; achievements, the spectacular monuments he built, information Amenophis II and Nubia, the Nubian crowns and the move to Thebes provided by documents, records, art and sculpture. and its consequences on the building activity there. 159p, col pls (Thames and Hudson 1999) paperback, 9780810928701, 108p, 10p of b/w illus (Halgo 1992) paperback, 9780961380571, $24.00. $12.95. Reduced to $5.98 Reduced to $9.98 Hatshepsut Revue de L’Histoire Juive en Egypte From Queen to Pharaoh Reprint of a collection of articles first published in 1947. edited by Catharine H Roehrig, Renee Dreyfus, 177p (Halgo 1987) paperback, 9780961380526, $24.00. Reduced to $6.98 and Cathleen A Keller Hatshepsut’s rise to power and the nature of her kingship have long A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt been debated by scholars. This fascinating period, one of immense artistic creativity, is illuminated by this volume’s rich presentation of by Rosalie and Antony E David monumental royal sculpture and reliefs, ceremonial objects, exquisite Originally researched biographies of Egyptian kings, rulers and notables personal items for everyday use, and dazzling jewelry. from earliest times to the 4th century AD, with bibliographies. 416p, 250 col & 100 b/w illus (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press 179p (Seaby 1992) paperback, 9780806128221, $24.95. 2005) paperback, 9781588391735, $45.00. Reduced to $7.98 Reduced to $19.98

Cleopatra The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia From History to Legend Pagans, Christians and Muslims along the Middle Nile by Edith Flamarion by Derek A Welsby Pocket-size account, beautifully illustrated, of the background, life and The period that followed the collapse of the Kushite Empire in the 4th legend of the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt and the entanglements with century AD has traditionally been perceived as ‘a barbarous dark age.’ Rome that were her downfall. Welsby argues that this view is largely the result of neglect and uses 159p, many col illus (Thames and Hudson 1997) paperback, 9780810928053, a wealth of archaeological, epigraphic and documentary evidence to $12.95. Reduced to $5.98 highlight the cultural achievements of communities of all religions. 296p, illus (British Museum Press 2002) hardback, 9780714119472, $54.00. Cleopatra Reduced to $19.98 by Ernle Bradford In this illuminating biography, Ernle Bradford suggests that Cleopatra’s The Pyramid Builder prurient reputation was likely manufactured by the conquering Romans Cheops, the Man behind the Great Pyramid to discredit her name after her death. by Christine El-Mahdy 288p (Penguin 2001) paperback, 9780141390147, $16.00. In this reassessment of the life and deeds of the Fourth Dynasty king Reduced to $6.98 Cheops, Christine El-Mahdy argues that the pyramids we see today have been robbed of their facing stones and are merely the remains of The Arab Conquest of Egypt the infill. and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion 337p, b/w illus, 8 col pls (Headline 2003) hardback, 9780755310081, $45.00. Containing also The Treaty of Niar in Tabari (1913) Reduced to $14.98 and Babylon of Egypt (1914) by Alfred J Butler The Chronicle of a Pharaoh Although published in 1902 this book remains the most successful The Intimate Life of Amenhotep III attempt to untangle the confusing and complex story of how the by Joann Fletcher Roman kingdom of Egypt was eventually swept away by the Muslim Offers some previously unpublished data in this year-by-year account of expansion into the Middle East in the 7th century AD. the nearly 40-year reign enjoyed by the famous pharaoh. The minutia 713p (Oxford University Press 1978, reprint 1998, Oxford University Press of daily life for ancient Egyptian royalty is explained through colorful Reprints) hardback, 9780198216780, $80.00. Reduced to $39.98 drawings, reproductions, and diagrams. 176p, col illus (Oxford University Press 2000) hardback, 9780195216608, Pharaoh Triumphant $36.95. Reduced to $12.98 The Life and Times of Ramesses II by K A Kitchen Fragments of a Shattered Visage A thorough and detailed account of one of the best known pharaohs of Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ramesses the Great Egypt, written by the leading expert on the subject. edited by Edward Bleiberg and Rita Freed 272p, 74 b/w figs, 4 maps (Aris & Phillips reprint 1990) paperback, Papers from a symposium held at Memphis State University in April 1987. 9780856682155, $50.00. Reduced to $14.98 270p, illus (Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Memphis University 1991) paperback, 9780963681607, $40.00. Reduced to $14.98

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Ancient Nubia Egypt’s Rival in Africa The Discovery of Egypt by David O’Connor Vivant Denon’s Travels with Napoleon’s Army This book discusses the evolution of Nubian culture and history through by Terence M Russell the Bronze Age and the Napatan-Meroitic Period. Maps, chronological A story of heroic endurance and accomplishment set against a bloody tables and a clearly written text make this an excellent introduction to military campaign. Illustrated with Vivant Denon’s incomparable Nubian civilization. drawings and the works of others who accompanied Napoleon to the 178p, 35 col & 231 b/w pls (Pennsylvania University Museum 1993) paperback, deserts of Egypt, it gives an insight into the mind of one of the first 9780924171284, $40.00. Reduced to $19.98 Egyptologists. 272p, illus (The History Press 2005) hardback, 9780750941457, $19.95. Cleopatra Reduced to $12.98 Beyond the Myth by Michael Chauveau Historians in Cairo A concise history which aims to reduce Cleopatra’s life to facts. Chauveau Essays in Honor of George Scanlon reassesses Egyptian and Roman literary sources and uses numismatic by Jill Edwards and other evidence to retell events with the focus on Cleopatra herself Although diverse in subject matter, the essays collected here in his rather than on her relations with her illustrious contemporaries. honor together present a composite picture of Cairo, and more broadly 104p, 7 b/w illus (Cornell University Press 2002) paperback, 9780801489532, of Islamic history and culture, from early medieval times to the present $17.95. Reduced to $7.98 day. 286p (American University in Cairo Press 2002) hardback, 9789774247019, $22.95. Reduced to $9.98

Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz Explores the breathtaking reality behind the novels of Elizabeth Peters (the author’s nom de plume) by casting light on a remarkable civilization that still stirs the human imagination. 324p (William Morrow & Company 2007) hardback, 9780061252761, $26.95. Reduced to $9.98

Napoleon’s Legacy The European Exploration of Egypt by Pamela K Reister The Description de l’Égypte is the subject of this brief study, published to accompany an exhibition of a copy of the Description and related materials in the collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. 38p (Kelsey Museum 1984) paperback, $10.00. Reduced to $3.98

Akhenaten Egypt’s False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves Argues that, far from the idealistic founder of a new faith, Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king and concentrate power in his own hands. 208p (Thames and Hudson 2001) hardback, 9780500051061, $29.95. Reduced to $9.98

The Rise and Fall of Alexandria Birthplace of the Modern Mind by Justin Pollard and Howard Reid Alexandria was a powerhouse of enlightenment and progress. Famous for having the greatest library of antiquity, where all the knowledge of the ancient world was gathered together it proved an intellectual magnet for the world’s finest scholars, philosophers, poets, and inventors. 352p (Viking Adult 2006) hardback, 9780670037971, $27.95. Reduced to $9.98

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The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen The Human Remains from Vol 1: Search, Discovery and Clearance Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb of the Antechamber by Frank Filce Leek by Howard Carter and A C Mace The material in this volume is arranged in the This volume reprints Carter’s 1923 account of following three main sections: extracts from the long search for the tomb and the glorious Howard Carter’s diary; the anatomical report moment on 4th November 1922, at sunset, on the Royal Mummy; and the other human when he found a small sealed doorway, dated remains. by a seal to the 18th Dynasty. 104p, pls (Griffith Institute 1972) hardback, 231p, 79 b/w pls (Duckworth 2003) paperback, 9780900416026, $30.00. 9780715631720, $32.50. Reduced to $12.98 Reduced to $9.98

Stone Vessels, Pottery, Musical Instruments from and Sealings from the Tomb Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb of Tutankhamun by Lise Manniche by John Baines The fascicle deals with the various This volume collects four studies of musical instruments found in the tomb of the containers found in the tomb of Tutankhamun – the clappers, the pair of sistra Tut’ankhamun and of the means by which and the two trumpets – all of which are of they and the tomb itself are sealed. particular interest. 266p (Griffith Institute 1994, Tutankhamun Tomb 48p, illus (Griffith Institute 1976) hardback, Series) hardback, 9780900416637, $110.00. 9780900416057, $30.00. Reduced to $39.98 Reduced to $12.98

The Small Golden Shrine Game Boxes and Accessories from the Tomb of Tutankhamun from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb by Marianne Eaton-Krauss by W J Tait The small golden shrine found by Howard Carter in the Antechamber This fascicle covers the gaming material found in the tomb, namely the of Tutankhamun’s tomb is one of the most spectacular and thematically gameboxes and the playing pieces, the sets of casting-sticks, and the interesting objects buried with the king. knuckle-bones. 43p, 29 pls (Griffith Institute 1985, Tutankhamun Tomb Series) hardback, 63p, illus (Griffith Institute 1982) hardback, 9780900416347, $50.00. 9780900416439, $56.00. Reduced to $19.98 Reduced to $19.98

Corpus der Hieroglyphischen Inschriften Chariots and Related Equipment aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb by Horst Beinlich and Mohammed Saleh by M A Littauer This corpus of hieroglyphic inscriptions makes all the texts of the tomb The volume consists of a complete catalogue of the chariots themselves available for study, some for the first time. and their related equipment together with a reexamination of (Griffith Institute 1989, Tutankhamun Tomb Series) hardback, 9780900416538, comparative material found in other Egyptian tombs of the New $115.00. Reduced to $39.98 Kingdom. 118p, illus (Griffith Institute 1985) hardback, 9780900416392, $115.00. A Handlist of Howard Carter’s Catalogue Reduced to $39.98 of Objects from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb by Helen Murray Composite Bows from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb This publication lists all the contents of the tomb of Tutankhamun’s edited by W McLeod tomb and serves as a guide to Howard Carter’s excavation notes which The results of meticulous study of 32 composite bows and some fragments are preserved at the Griffith Institute in Oxford. found in the tomb of Tutankhmaun are presented in this book. 30p (Griffith Institute 1963) hardback, 9780900416064, $30.00. 68p (Griffith Institute 1970) hardback, 9780900416002, $30.00. Reduced to $9.98 Reduced to $12.98

Hieratic Inscriptions from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb Tutankhamun by Jan Czerny The Life and Death of a Pharaoh Transcribes and translates the inscriptions on some of the wine jars, by David Murdoch pottery and alabaster vessels, boxes and wooden labels found in This is a wonderfully illustrated history of the discovery of the tomb, the Tut’ankhamuns’ tomb. treasures that lay within and the story of Tutankhamun’s life. A great 60p (Aris & Phillips 1965) hardback, 9780900416118, $30.00. book for a younger audience. Reduced to $9.98 48p, col illus (D K Publishing 1998) hardback, 9780312262419, $25.95. Reduced to $9.98 Self Bows and other Archery Tackle from Tut’ankhamun’s Tomb Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy by W McLeod The Truth Behind Archaeology’s Greatest Mystery The catalogue deals in detail with the fourteen self bows and the many by Andrew Collins and Chris Ogilvie-Herald arrows found in the tomb, together with the decorated bow-case, the Collins and Ogilvie review the evidence for the discovery of the bow box, the two quivers, and two pairs of bracers. tomb, accepting some parts of the ‘official’ story, whilst refuting and 85p, illus (Griffith Institute 1982) hardback, 9780900416330, $50.00. disproving others. Reduced to $19.98 412p, 12 b/w pls, illus (Virgin Books 2003) paperback, 9781852279721, $14.95. Reduced to $7.98

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ARCHAEOLOGY

The Akhenaten Temple Project Qasr Ibrim Volume 2: Rwd-mnw and Inscriptions The Hinterland Survey by Donald B Redford by Pamela J Rose Contents: Relief Scenes; Foreigners in the Talatat; A Hymn of Praise This volume presents the results of a survey, carried out between 1986 and to Akhenaten; The Chariot Scenes; Cultic Activities in the Temples at 1992 in the territory immediately adjacent to the fortress of Qasr Ibrim. Amarna; Akhenaten’s First Hittite War. 300p, many illus (Egypt Exploration Society 1996, Excavation Memoirs 62) 118p, 17 figs & 40 pls (Akhenaten Temple Project 1988) paperback, hardback, 9780856981333, $100.00. Reduced to $14.98 9780921428008, $50.00. Reduced to $9.98 Semna-Kumma The Akhenaten Temple Project The Temple of Semna and the Temple of Kumma Volume 3: The Excavation of Kom el-Ahmar by Ricardo A Caminos by Donald B Redford These two volumes comprise an exhaustive epigraphic and architectural survey of the New Kingdom temples of Semna and Kumma in Lower Contents: The Podium and its Surroundings; The Third Intermediate Nubia, undertaken by Ricardo Caminos in the 1960s. Period; The New Kingdom Period; Conclusions on the Stratigraphy; Ceramic Typology; Object Catalogue; Inscribed Objects. 2 vols, 121 & 117p, 61 & 76 pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1998, Archaeological Survey Memoirs 37 & 38) hardback, 9780856980961, $195.00. 105p, 16 figs & 128 pls (Akhenaten Temple Project 1994) paperback, Reduced to $69.98 9780921428114, $50.00. Reduced to $9.98

The Akhenaten Temple Project The Survey of Memphis II Volume 4: The Tomb of Re’a (TT 201) Kom Rabi’a: The New Kingdom and Post-New Kingdom Objects by Lisa Giddy by Susan Redford Contents: Introduction; Description of the Scenes; Ceiling and Frieze; 391p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1999, Excavation Memoirs 64) hardback, 9780856981470, $144.00. Reduced to $29.98 Passage and Inner Chamber; The Burial Chamber; The Finds; Names and Titles; Dating and Commentary; Appendix. The Temple Furniture from the Sacred Animal 35p, 34 pls (Akhenaten Temple Project 1994) paperback, 9780921428107, $25.00. Reduced to $7.98 Necropolis at North Saqqara, 1964–1976 by C Insley Green Egypt’s Sunken Treasures 131p (Egypt Exploration Society 1987, Excavation Memoirs 53) hardback, 9780856980879, $96.00. Reduced to $19.98 by Frank Goddio and Manfred Clauss Following the underwater archaeologist, Franck Goddio’s discovery of the ruins of three ancient cities in Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt, The Tomb of Maya and Meryt II this book provides comprehensive documentation on the marvels that Objects and Skeletal Remains were found. by Maarten J Raven, with contributions by Hans D Schneider and Eugen Strouhal 464p, many color illus. (Prestel 2006) hardback, $49.95. Reduced to $19.98 109p, 57 pls (Egypt Exploration Society 2001, Excavation Memoirs 65) hardback, $195.00. Reduced to $19.95 The Anubieion at Saqqara I The Settlement and the Temple Precinct The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara by D G Jeffreys and H S Smith The Main Temple Complex: The Archaeological Report 115p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1988, Excavation Memoirs 54) hardback, edited by Sue Davies, H S Smith and K J Fraser 9780856981036, $145.00. Reduced to $19.98 282p, 69 pls, 28 b/w illus (Egypt Exploration Society 2006, Excavation Memoirs 75) hardback, $180.00. Reduced to $39.98 Saqqara Tombs I The Mastabas of Mereri and Wernu The Tomb of Pay and Raia at Saqqara by W Vivian Davies, A El-Khouli, A B Lloyd and A J Spencer by by Maarten J Raven 37p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1984, Archaeological Survey Memoirs 36) hardback, $70.00. Reduced to $9.98 This book provides a full and detailed publication of the tomb’s architecture, its relief decoration and the excavated objects. Qasr Ibrim 172p, 160 pls (Egypt Exploration Society 2006, Excavation Memoirs 74) hardback, $190.00. Reduced to $39.98 The Late Medieval Period Excavations at El-Ashmunein V by William Y Adams Pottery, Lamps and Glass of the Late Roman and Early Arab Periods This is an architectural and artifactual reconstruction of the community fully illustrated with photographs and line drawings. by Donald M Bailey 300p, 32 figs, 66 pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1996, Excavation Memoirs 59) This final volume in the British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt hardback, 9780856981340, $100.00. Reduced to $9.98 series examines finds from the ancient city site of Hermopolis Magna. All the different finds of each type is given a text description, with site, The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim context, and bibliography. 182p, 136 b/w pls (British Museum Press 1998) hardback, 9780714109831, by A J Mills $250.00. Reduced to $49.98 94p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1982, Excavation Memoirs 51) hardback, 9780856980787, $70.00. Reduced to $9.98 The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara Old Nubian Texts from Qasr Ibrim II Mother of Apis and Baboon Catacombs by Sue Davies, with contributions by H S Smith and K J Frazer by Gerald M Browne The final archaeological report on the cult installations accessed directly 86p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1989, Texts from Excavations 10) hardback, from the Main Temple Complex. 9780856981081, $88.00. Reduced to $4.98 280p (Egypt Exploration Society 2006, Excavation Memoirs 76) hardback, 9780856981722, $180.00. Reduced to $39.98

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The Survey of Säis (Sa el-Hagar) 1997–2002 A Late Paleolithic Kill-Butchery-Camp by Penelope Wilson in Upper Egypt Includes descriptions of Säis by early travelers and writers, and accounts by Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild, Polydora Baker, Achilles of early excavations, followed by the results of the surveys carried out Gautier, Laura Longo and Amal Mohamed by various means including geomagnetic and drill auger surveys. An excavation report which charts the perils of archaeology in the face of 336p, 40 pls (Egypt Exploration Society 2006, Excavation Memoirs 77) Egyptian farmers keen to reclaim, and ultimately destroy, sites. Includes hardback, 9780856981753, $120.00. Reduced to $39.98 a detailed assessment of methods used and of the lithic artifacts. 63p, b/w pls &figs (Dept of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University 1997) The British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt paperback, 9788385463580, $36.00. Reduced to $9.98 Ashmunein (1983) by A J Spencer and D M Bailey Alexandria – The Submerged Royal Quarters 131p (British Museum Press 1984) paperback, 9780861590537, $13.50. Surveys and Excavations 1992–97 Reduced to $7.98 edited by Franck Goddio Details the sophisticated survey techniques used to survey, map The British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt and excavate the seabed and the remains hidden within it. Selected accounts on the Great Harbor and Palaces of Alexandria are discussed Ashmunein (1985) along with epigraphical documents, sculptural and architectural pieces by A J Spencer and D M Bailey recovered. 105p (British Museum Press 1986) paperback, 9780861590674, $17.00. 274p, col & b/w illus (Periplus 1998) hardback, 9781902699004, $270.00. Reduced to $9.98 Reduced to $49.98

Petrie’s Naqada Excavation Excavations at Tell el-Balamun A Supplement 1995–1998 by Elise J Baumgartel by A J Spencer A card index of every object identified as originating at Naqada near Details the discoveries at the Main Temple of Amun and discusses its Luxor, presented in tables. architectural and archaeological sequence, as well as exposed deposits 75p, fold-out (Baumgartel 1970) hardback, 9780853880059, $60.00. of temple complexes of the New Kingdom. Includes a catalogue of Reduced to $14.98 stone, faience, glass and pottery. 97p, 4 col & 105 b/w pls (British Museum Press 1999) paperback, Debeira West 9780714119335, $108.00. Reduced to $29.98 A Medieval Nubian Town by Peter and Margaret Shinnie Bersheh Reports I Excavated in advance of the Aswan Dam in 1961-64, Debeira turned edited by D P Silverman out to be a flourishing urban center between the 8th–11th century AD. This cemetery on the east bank of the Nile is a vast site with a long 107p, b/w illus, 53 pls (Aris & Phillips 1978) hardback, 9780856680946, history from the Predynastic Period through the Coptic era. This volume $75.00. Reduced to $14.98 summarizes the 1990 season of the Bersheh Expedition. 92p, 40 b/w pls, 17 b/w illus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1992) paperback, Excavations at El-Ashmunein III 9780878463657, $35.00. Reduced to $7.98 The Town by A J Spencer Giza au premier millénaire This volume contains an account of a settlement of the Third Intermediate Period and a walled cemetery dating to c.2000 BC. IAlso Autour du temple d’Isis, dame des Pyramides includes a complete catalogue of the objects discovered, including a by Christiane M Zivié-Coche large collection of pottery. Publication of the Late Period Isis Temple in the Eastern Cemetery, 77p, 112 pls (British Museum Press 1993) hardback, 9780714109602, along with a large number of Late Period objects relating to the history $150.00. Reduced to $39.98 of Giza Necropolis. French text. 362p, 49 b/w pls, 31 b/w illus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1991) paperback, Minshat Abu Omar – Ein vor- und 9780878463435, $45.00. Reduced to $7.98 frühgeschichtlicher Friedhof im Nildelta Band 1: Gräber 1–114 Excavations at Kerma, Part VI by Karla Kroeper and Dietrich Wildung by Dows Dunham Report on burials from the pre- and early dynastic cemetery at Minshat This volume includes the subsidiary Nubian graves, excavated by Abu Omar in the Nile Delta. German text, George Reisner in 1915–16, not included in Kerma I–III and IV–V. 167p, illus (Philipp von Zabern 1994) hardback, 9783805316231, $180.00. 270p, 225 b/w pls, illus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1982) paperback, Reduced to $49.98 9780878461929, $50.00. Reduced to $7.98

The Tombs of Amenhotep, Khnummose and The Tomb of Siphtah with the Tomb of Queen Tîyi Amenmose at Thebes by Theodore M Davis by Nigel Strudwick, assisted by Helen M Strudwick The original volume, which provides a full record of the discoveries, Based on fieldwork carried out in 1984–1990, this splendid book is here reissued along with Davis’ account of his rediscovery of Tomb publishes three 18th Dynasty tombs arranged round a single courtyard 55 which contained a mummy then identified as Queen Tîye and on the Theban West Bank. now believed to be an male Amarna-period pharaoh, possibly even Akhenaten himself. 203p, 2 vols, 8 col & 35 b/w pls, 36 plans & drawings (Griffith Institute 1996) hardback, 9780900416583, $299.00. Reduced to $149.98 208p (Duckworth 2001) paperback, 9780715630730, $45.00. Reduced to $9.98

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The Tombs of Harmhabi and Toutânkhamanou Invention and Innovation by Theodore M Davis The Social Context of Technological Change II, Egypt, A reissue of Davis’ account of his last great discovery in the Valley of the Kings. the Aegean and the Near East, 1650-1150 B.C. 240p (Duckworth 2001) paperback, 9780715630723, $45.00. edited by Janine Bourriau and Jacke Phillips Reduced to $9.98 In September 2002, a second workshop on the theme of the social context of technological change was held at the McDonald Institute for The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Discussion has been the core of these meetings so far, with the aim being to relate the results edited by Theodore M Davis of the specialist investigator to broad historical questions concerning First published in 1904, this is Davis’ full report on Howard Carter’s the nature and development of ancient societies. The papers presented discovery of Tuthmosis IV’s rich tomb which had not been disturbed here address a wider context: geographically, with the inclusion of the for 3,000 years. Includes a historical essay on the pharaoh and a paper Aegean and thematically, with papers on natural products and raw on the mummy, removed from the tomb in c.1000 BC and discovered materials. The time frame remains the same in covering the Late Bronze in 1898. Age/New Kingdom. The majority of the papers draw on Egyptian 195p, 28 b/w pls, illus (Duckworth 2002) paperback, 9780715631201, $45.00. evidence, and illustrate a multiplicity of approaches to the problems Reduced to $9.98 set by ancient technologies: modelling, methodology of art history and archaeology applied to a problematic group of artefacts, integration of Sunken Egypt archaeological and textual sources, and the application of the results scientific analysis to illuminate ancient technology. Alexandria 256p (Oxbow Books 2004) paperback, $60.00. Reduced to $19.98 by Franck Goddio and André Bernand This wonderful book tells the story of the largest underwater Fustat Expedition Final Report archaeological excavation undertaken around the Port of Alexandria and reveals their findings. Vol. 1: Catalogue of Filters 192p, 235 col & b/w pls, maps (Periplus 2004) hardback, 9781902699516, by George T Scanlon $50.00 Reduced to $19.98 This is the first volume reporting on the eight full seasons of excavations carried out at the site of Old Cairo by the American Research Center in Merimde Benisalame 2 Egypt. Included in this report is a complete publication of the filters. 152p, illus (American Research Center in Egypt 1986) paperback, Die Funde der mittleren Merimdekultur 9780936770130, $25.50. Reduced to $5.98 by Josef Eiwanger The book presents the earliest artifactual evidence for fully sedentary Fustat Expedition Final Report village life in the Nile valley, starting around 5000 BC. German text. 113p, illus (Philipp von Zabern 1988, Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 51) Vol. 2: Fustat-C hardback, 9783805306065, $120.00. Reduced to $29.98 by Wladyslaw Kubiak and George T Scanlon Contents: The Mound and Underlying Strata; Architecture; The Theban Desert Road Survey Finds (Ceramics, Glass, Wood, Bone and Ivory, Stucco, Leather); Numismatics; Written Documents; Textiles; Appendix: Observations on in the Egyptian Western Desert Basketry; Glossary of Textile Definitions. Volume 1: Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions 1–45 111p, 6 fold-out plans (American Research Center in Egypt 1989) hardback, and Wadi el-Hôl Rock Inscriptions 1–45 9780936770215, $35.50. Reduced to $9.98 by John Coleman Darnell, with the assistance of Deborah Darnell Ancient Egyptian Anchors and the Sea This volume publishes forty-five inscriptions from Gebel Tjauti and forty-five inscriptions from Wadi el-Hôl, two major concentrations of rock inscriptions by Alessandra Nibbi and rock art on pharaonic caravan routes of the Egyptian Western Desert. This short volume presents a catalogue of more than 200 anchors from The inscriptions range in date from predynastic to Christian. the site of Marsa Matruh on the north coast of Africa, discussed within the context of Egyptian anchors found elsewhere, and within our 174p, 2 b/w illus, 126 b/w pls (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 2002, Oriental Institute Publications 119) hardback, 9781885923172, $75.00. current knowledge of Egyptian seafaring. Reduced to $29.98 120p, 28 b/w illus (DE Publications 2002, Discussions in Egyptology 4) paperback, 9780951070482, $37.50. 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Reduced to $14.98 Roman and Islamic Ports on the Red Sea, Volume 1: The Survey and Report on the Excavations Coins from Karanis edtied by David Peacock and Lucy Blue The University of Michigan Exacavations 1924–1935 Between 1999 and 2003, the University of Southampton conducted excavations at the site of Quseir al-Qadim. This excavation was prompted by Rolfe A Haatvedt and Enoch E Peterson by the idea that the site was not the minor port of Leucos Limen - as had This book contains a catalogue of over 1700 entries covering over been thought by previous excavators from the University of Chicago 26,000 coins from Ptolemy II to Heraclius, with the great majority - but the important site of Myos Hormos. This site, in tandem with its coming from the 1st–5th centuries AD. sister harbour at Berenike, saw the bulk of Rome’s trade with India and 400p, 11p of pls (Kelsey Museum 1964) paperback, $40.00. the East. 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Deir el-Ballas Preliminary Report on the Deir el-Ballas Expedition, 1980–1986 edited by Peter Lacovara This preliminary report covers the results of four brief seasons of survey and limited excavation undertaken by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, partly as a followup to the Hearst Expedition excavations originally conducted at the site by George Reisner in 1900-1901. 67p (American Research Center in Egypt 1990) hardback, 9780936770246, $31.50. Reduced to $6.98

Mendes I by Robert K Holz, David Stieglitz, Donald P Hansen and Edward Ochsenschlager Contents: The Cartography of Mendes; A New Map of Mendes; The Geography of Mendes; Mendes Today: A. Tell el Rub’a, North Kom; B. Tell Timai, South Kom. 83p (American Research Center in Egypt 1980) hardback, 9780936770024, Reports from the Survey of the Dakhleh Oasis $75.00. Reduced to $14.98 1977-87 A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology edited by C S Churcher and A J Mills The major topics presented are geomorphology, stratiography, A Handbook For Students And Travellers palaeontology, recent biology, Pleistocene and Holocene lithic cultures, by Mary Brodrick and Anna Anderson Morton pottery from Neolithic Islamic times and Roman Period Settlement. First published in 1902, this is a treasury of information of the art, tools 271p, many figs and pls (Oxbow Books 1999, Oxbow Monograph 99) hardback, and handiwork of the Ancient Egyptians cataloguing the riches yielded 9781900188494, $100.00. Reduced to $29.98 by their efforts. 193p, illus (Merchant Book Company 1996) paperback, 9781859584866, The Oasis Papers 1 $15.00. Reduced to $4.98 Proceedings of the First International Symposium of the Dakhleh Oasis Project Amarna Reports V edited by Mandy Marlow edited by Barry J Kemp The first Dakhleh Oasis Project seminar held at Durham University 256p (Egypt Exploration Society 1989, Occasional Paper) hardback, in 1994 was the occasion for discussion of topics ranging from the 9780856981098, $72.00. Reduced to $19.98 Pleistocene to petroglyphs and papyri. . 112p (Oxbow Books 1998, Oxbow Monograph 97) hardback, 9781900188548, Atlas of the Valley of the Kings $100.00. Reduced to $39.98 The Theban Mapping Project Part 1 (boxed edition) edited by Kent R Weeks Excavations at Tell el-Balamun 1999-2001 For each tomb, this boxed edition Atlas provides detailed surveyed by A J Spencer maps and plans of perhaps the most famous World Heritage site. From This is the third in a series of final reports on the British Museum’s the tomb of Tutankhamon to the recently discovered tomb of the sons excavations at Tell el-Balamun in the Nile Delta of Egypt. of Ramesses II, all of the significant and accessible tombs in the valley 108p, 47 b/w pls, 13 col illus (British Museum Press 2003) paperback, are included. 9780714119588, $110.00. Reduced to $29.98 Booklet 40p, 72 leaves of pls (American University in Cairo Press 2000) hardback, 9789774245497, $150.00. Reduced to $69.98 Egyptian Pottery Dakhleh Oasis Project by Colin A Hope Using information drawn from such diverse sources as tomb reliefs and Preliminary Reports on the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 Field Seasons inscriptions, as well as the large amount of pottery from pharaonic Egypt that edited by Colin Hope and Anthony J Mills survives today, this book examines the techniques of pottery manufacture, This volume contains progress reports on the work of these two seasons types of decoration and the function of pottery in that society. as well as a number of short reports on excavations at the Roman site of 64p (Shire Publications 2001) paperback, 9780852638521, $14.00. Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab). Reduced to $5.98 152p (Oxbow Books 1999, Dakhleh Oasis Project Report) paperback, 9781900188951, $60.00. Reduced to $16.98 Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period Dakhleh Oasis Project by George T Scanlon and Ralph Pinder-Wilson The glass finds are from the nine seasons of archaeological excavations Preliminary Reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 Field Seasons in south Cairo between 1964 and 1980. They supply dating sequences edited by Colin A Hope and Gillian E Bowen for glass from about 700 AD to the end of the twelfth century. This volume is the second produced by the Dakleh Oasis Project 140p (Altajir World of Islam Trust 2001) paperback, 9781901435078, $50.00. devoted to reporting the preliminary results of its field work. The first Reduced to $19.98 part includes reports on the study of various prehistoric and historic sites; the second part is devoted to the work on the settlement of Ismant el-Kharab, ancient Kellis. Predynastic Egyptian Pottery in the Collection of the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California 360p, many b/w figs, tbs, pls (Oxbow Books 2002, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 20) hardback, 9781842170700, $140.00. Reduced to $49.98 State University, San Bernardino by Julius D Kaplan Contents: B (Black-Topped Ware); P (Polished Red Ware); D (Decorated Ware); Late Ware Jars; Stone Vases; Flint; Bibliography 128p, many color illus. (California State University San Bernardino 2005) paperback, 9780945486299, $35.00. Reduced to $12.98

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The Anubeion at Saqqara 2 Giza Mastabas VII The Cemeteries The Senedjemib Complex Part I by Lisa L Giddy by Edward Brovarski, edited by Peter Der Manuelian (Egypt Exploration Society 1992, Excavation Memoirs 56) hardback, and William Kelly Simpson 9780856981180, $150.00. Reduced to $19.98 Located at the northwest corner of the Great Pyramid, the Senedjemib Complex contains the well-known tombs of the Senedjemib Inti and his Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs son Senedjemib Mehi, who served the kings Isesi and Unis respectively by Aidan Dodson as viziers and overseers of royal works. The tombs document changes in tomb architecture and decoration from the end of the fifth dynasty This book traces the development of the rock-cut tomb. Includes the to the end of the sixth. Additionally they contain two lengthy New Kingdom royal tombs at Thebes and Amarna and groups of private autobiographical inscriptions. tombs from the Old Kingdom onwards. 326p, 2 volumes, illus. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2002) hardback, 64p, 62 b/w pls (Shire Publications 1991, Shire Egyptology 14) paperback, $225.00. Reduced to $99.98 9780747801283, $14.00. Reduced to $5.98 Excavations at Serra East, Parts 1-5 Archaeobotanical Investigations of Agriculture A-Group, C-Group, Pan Grave, New Kingdom, at Late Antique Kom El-Nana (Tell El-Amarna) and X-Group Remains from Cemeteries A-G and Rock Shelter by Wendy Smith by Bruce Bever Williams This volume looks at the ancient burials and outlying structures. In 256p (Egypt Exploration Society 2003, Excavation Memoirs 70) hardback, 9780856981548, $120.00. Reduced to $19.98 the New Kingdom, Serra East was the site of an important center, one closely connected to the family of rulers of Teh-Khet. 281p, 148 b/w figs, 43 b/w pls, 55 tbs (Oriental Institute 1993, Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition 10) hardback, 9780918986924, $55.00. A Temple of Domitian at El-Ashmunein Reduced to $19.98 by Steven R Snape (British Museum Press 2006) paperback, 9780861590681, $15.00. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara Reduced to $9.98 by G T Martin 256p (Egypt Exploration Society 1981, Excavation Memoirs 50) hardback, Ancient Naukratis, Volume II 9780856980770, $96.00. Reduced to $19.98 Survey at Naukratis and Environs Part 1, The Survey at Naukratis by William Coulson Amara West 2 This volume contains details of an intensive surface survey (with selective The Cemetery and the Pottery Corpus drill-sampling) of the area surrounding Petrie’s trenches, which have by Patricia Spencer become waterlogged. Intensive cataloguing of pottery and small find distribution allows full appreciation of the functional and chronological 256p (Egypt Exploration Society 2002, Excavation Memoirs 69) hardback, patterning of the larger site. 9780856981500, $60.00. Reduced to $9.98 240p, 21 b/w plates (Oxbow Books 1997, Oxbow Monograph 60) hardback, 9781900188227, $80.00. Reduced to $19.98 Giza Mastabas V, Mastabas of Cemetery G 6000 by Kent Weeks This publication collates the early investigations at the site with more recent study and presents an authoritative discussion of the architecture, relief decoration and treasures found within the tombs. 98p, 55 b/w pls, 8 col pls, 134 b/w figs (Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1994) hardback, 9780878463220, $100.00. Reduced to $39.98

Giza Mastabas VI A Cemetery of Palace Attendants by Ann Macy Roth This publication presents the artifactual, iconographic and architectural results of the excavation in two parts. The first covers the architecture of the cluster as a whole; the second compares details of the individual tombs. 175p, 210 b/w pls (Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1995) hardback, 9780878463855, $100.00. Reduced to $29.98

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When the Pyramids Were Built Engineering the Pyramids by Dorothea Arnold by Dick Parry This is the catalogue that accompanied a landmark exhibition of 115 Explores how the pyramids were designed and constructed using Old Kingdom masterworks from museum collections throughout the archaeological evidence as well as models and full-scale experimental work. world. 180p, 8 col pls, b/w illus (Sutton 2004) 144p, many illus (Rizzoli 1999) hardback, 9780870999086, $35.00. hardback, 9780750934145, $40.00. Reduced to $12.98 Reduced to $14.98 The Royal Gold of Ancient Egypt The Sculpture from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at Saqqara by Hans Wolfgang Müller and Eberhard Theim Large color photographs, accompanied by concise and informative by Elizabeth A Hastings passages of text, provide a social and religious history of Egypt, from This volume describes the stone sculpture in the round from Emery’s prehistory to the Ptolemaic Period, through its unrivaled collections of excavation of the Sacred Animal Necropolis between 1964 and 1976. gold artifacts. The pieces range from royal statues to statues of sacred animals. Bronze 256p, 506 col & b/w pls (I B Tauris 1999) hardback, 9781860645273, $63.00. statuettes remain for another volume. Reduced to $34.98 87p, pls (Egypt Exploration Society 1997, Excavation Memoirs 61) hardback, 9780856981357, $120.00. Reduced to $19.98 Sphinx A Table of Offerings History of a Monument by Christiane Zivié-Coche 17 Years of Acquisitions of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art Surveys the long history of the Great Sphinx and discusses its original by William Kelly Simpson appearance, its functions and religious significance, its relation to the This publication includes fifty-two objects that were acquired by the many other Egyptian sphinxes, and the various discoveries connected Museum of Fine Arts’ Egyptian Department under the curatorship of with it. William Kelly Simpson. 122p (Cornell University Press 2004) paperback, 9780801489549, $16.95. 110p, 4 col & 59 b/w pls (Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1987) paperback, Reduced to $7.98 9780878462803, $13.00. Reduced to $4.98 Images for Eternity Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn and Seal Impressions from Medinet Habu by Richard A Fazzini by Emily Teeter and T G Wilfong Contents: I. The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods; II. The Old This volume presents 349 scarabs, scaraboids, heart scarabs and their Kingdom and the First Intermediate Periods; III. The Middle Kingdom; Sons of Horus amulets, heart amulets, seals, and seal impressions on IV. The Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom, and the Third bullae, vessel stoppers, amphora handles, mudbricks, and funerary Intermediate Period; V. The Late Period. cones that date from approximately 1470 BC to the eighth century AD. 170p, col & b/w illus (The Brooklyn Museum 1975) 236p, 3 illus, 110 pls (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago 2003, paperback, 9780913696279, $19.95. Reduced to $7.98 Oriental Institute Publications 118) hardback, 9781885923226, $95.00. Reduced to $49.98 Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids The Tomb Chamber of Hsw the Elder by Rita Freed The Inscribed Material at Kom El-Hisn – Part 1: Illustrations The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has one of the worlds premier by David P Silverman collections of Old Kingdom art. Although individual objects from the The tomb of Hsw is the largest and most significant of the monuments of collection have appeared in numerous publications, never before have the Pharaonic Period at Naukratis, and its study yields important critical the best of them been presented in a single volume. material on the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom. 144p, illus (Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2002) paperback, 9780878466306, 155p, illus, 2 fold-outs (American Research Center in Egypt 1989) hardback, $29.95. Reduced to $9.98 9780936770178, $31.50. 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Luxor and the Valley of the Kings Abusir II by Alessandro Bongioanni Baugraffiti der Ptahschepses Mastaba Heavily illustrated with color plates of artifacts and of the site itself, many by Miroslav Verner filling one or both pages, this volume is a review of the most important This large volume publishes the painted and inscribed symbols and temples and tombs in the valley. It analyzes the finds uncovered and letters found on the walls of the Mastaba of Ptahschepses, excavated by the splendid works of art, discloses recent archaeological discoveries, the Czech Institute of Egyptology in the 1960s and 1970s. German text. and reconstructs historical events buried for millennia. 293p, illus, fold-out plans (Czech Institute of Egyptology 1992) hardback, 192p, illus (White Star Publishers 2004) hardback, 9788854400092, $35.00. 9788060027854, $125.00. Reduced to $29.98 Reduced to $19.98 The Collector’s Eye Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Uschebti I Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thalassic Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien 5 edited by Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope by Elfriede Reiser-Haslauer This catalogue celebrates the first public exhibition of one of the largest 131p, illus (Philipp von Zabern 1990) paperback, 9783805311557, $75.00. private US collections of Egyptian artifacts, held at the Michael C Carlos Reduced to $19.98 Museum at Emory University in 2001. The 120 objects span every period from the Predynastic to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Ancient Egypt 170p, 150 col pls (Michael C Carlos Museum 2001) paperback, 9781928917021, $35.00. Reduced to $14.98 by Robert Adkinson This volume covers the symbols of Ancient Egypt. 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Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes Egyptian Models and Scenes in the Brooklyn Museum by Angela Tooley by Elizabeth Riefstahl A discussion of Egyptian models, where they are found, who owned 133p, illus (The Brooklyn Museum 1968) hardback, 9781593339906, $39.95. them, what purpose they served, where in the tomb they were placed Reduced to $9.98 and how they relate to tomb scenes. 72p, 67 b/w pls (Shire Publications 1995, Shire Egyptology 22) paperback, Miscellanea Wilbouriana 1 9780747802853, $14.00. Reduced to $5.98 Contents: A Monumental Gateway for a Temple of King Sety I; Notes on a Fine Forgery; Some Egyptian Reliefs in Brooklyn; Two Early Imperial Egyptian Statues Faience Vessels from Egypt; Bronze Age Trade Between the Aegean and by Gay Robbins Egypt; Night Light; An Enigmatic Faience Figure; Two Representations Focuses on the variety of statues of Egyptian deities, kings, and other of Gods from the Early Old Kingdom. authoritarian figures erected in tombs and temples over a three 160p, illus (The Brooklyn Museum 1972) hardback, 9781593339920, $75.00. thousand year period. Reduced to $19.98 64p, 51 b/w figs and pls (Shire Publications 2001, Shire Egyptology 26) paperback, Shire Egyptology, $14.00. Reduced to $5.98 A Monumental Gateway for a Temple of King Sety I by Alexander Badawy The Pharaohs 26p (The Brooklyn Museum 1973) paperback, 9780913696200, $9.95. by Christiane Ziegler Reduced to $3.98 Accompanying an exhibition held at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, this book is a beautiful tribute to the images, artworks, lives and legacy Temples of the Kings at Abydos of the New Kingdom pharaohs. More than 600 colour photographs by A St G Caulfield complement a series of thematic essays. Reprint. 512p, more than 600 col illus (Rizzoli 2002) hardback, 9780847825073, $75.00. 23p, plus 26 plates ( 1989) hardback, 9781854170408, Offer price $24.98 Reduced to $29.98

The Macclesfield Collection The Pharaohs by Rosalie David Master Builders A catalogue of the Collection’s Egyptian material, including jewellery, by Henri Stierlin scarabs and funerary objects, plus an informal description and intinerary of Miss Brocklehurst’s 1873 collecting expedition. This is a popular account of Egyptian architecture which discusses building techniques and technologies before examining the great 77p, 31p of b/w pls and 1 col pl (Aris & Phillips 1980) hardback, monuments of Egypt in roughly chronological succession, ending with 9780856681295, $49.95. Reduced to $14.98 the temples at Philae. 221p, with several color plates (Terrail 1995) paperback, 9782879390208, Two Early Imperial Faience Vessels from Egypt $27.50. by Gunter Grimm Reduced to $12.98 Offprint from “Miscellanea Wilbouriana 1”. 29p (The Brooklyn Museum 1972) paperback, Offer price $4.98. Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling by Marjorie S Venit Egyptian Antiquites from the Harer Family Trust Collection This book introduces the pottery and provides a rationale behind the classifications of individual fragments, including a description of each by Gerry D Scott III fragment. 207p (California State University Art Gallery 1992) paperback, 224p, 85 pls (American Research Center in Egypt 1988) hardback, 9780945486084, $50.00. Reduced to $14.98 9780936770192, $52.50. Reduced to $14.98

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Egyptian Art at Eton College Selections from the Myers Museum by Stephan Spurr The volume-which discusses more than one hundred works of art, all reproduced in full color-will be not only a useful reference but a source of pleasure for students and professionals alike. 64p, many color illus. (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000) paperback, 9780810965447, $19.95. Reduced to $9.98

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Demotic Papyri and Ostraca from Qasr Ibrim Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the by J D Ray Egyptian National Library This compact volume presents the translations of demotic texts found during by David A King the Egypt Exploration Society’s excavations in Qasr Ibrim from 1978–80. This work surveys over 2,500 Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts 62p (Egypt Exploration Society 2005) paperback, $55.00. Reduced to $19.98. relating to mathematics, astronomy and astrology preserved in the Egyptian National Library. Pi(ankh)y in Egypt 332p, illus (American Research Center in Egypt 1986) paperback, 9780936770123, $52.50. Reduced to $9.98 by Hans Goedicke Pi(ankh)y was a mysterious Nubian ruler who emerged triumphant in Egypt during the Ramesside Period, and then disappeared again. 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The Papyrus The Apocryphon of St John of Nebseni by Howard N Bream by Günther Lapp Egyptian Gnostics of the early centuries of the Christian era created This paper contains transcriptions doctrines that were profoundly different from Christian beliefs today. of chapter 180 from the Book of Even in their time the Church declared their doctrines heretical and the Dead, and a brief discussion burned their books. But a few copies were preserved and discovered in of the sources. modern times. 54p, 40p of transcriptions 250p (Halgo 1987) paperback, 9780961380533, $18.00. Reduced to $6.98 (British Museum Press 2002, reprinted 2008) paperback, The Coptic Share Pattern 9780861591398, $30.00. Reduced to $9.98 and its Ancient Egyptian Ancestors A Reassessment of the Aorist Pattern in the Egyptian Language Greek Papyri from Kellis 1 by Michael Green edited by K A Worp Based on exhaustive study of Egyptian and Coptic texts. 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