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The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Book

Ancient Egypt - we know so much about it, but there are still many unresolved questions. This volume explores and explains 70 of the most intriguing mysteries of this...Read More

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    Bill Manley (Editor), Manfred Bietak

  • Product Description

    Ancient Egypt—so familiar and yet so distant. In this new compendium in the popular Seventy series, an international team of Egyptologists and archaeologists probes the most compelling mysteries in the light of recent research and discoveries.

    First, there are the puzzles that set the ancient Egyptians apart from other cultures. Where did these people come from originally, and why did they believe their king was a god? Why did they mummify their loved ones in death—and then write letters to them? Some mysteries revolve around Egypt's relations with other peoples such as the lost African kingdoms of Yam and Punt, the Israelites and their exodus to the Promised Land, or the Sea People warriors of the ancient Mediterranean. Even today, Egyptologists continue to unearth new mysteries: evidence that Tutankhamun was murdered, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramid that seem to align with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the sons of Rameses II.

    All the famous people and places of ancient Egypt are discussed—Rameses the Great, Cleopatra, Akhenaten, the Great Pyramid, the Valley of the Kings—as well as fascinating but shadowy figures such as Senenmut, Smendes, and Khababash. Hundreds of evocative photographs and specially commissioned diagrams, maps, plans, and reconstructions complement the intriguing texts. 420 illustrations, 354 in color.

  • 0500051232
  • 9780500051238
  • Bill Manley, Manfred Bietak
  • 13 October 2003
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 304
  • Not known
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