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Treasures of the pharaohs / Delia Pemberton

By:

Pemberton, Delia

Contributor(s):

Fletcher, Joann

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books , 2004Description: 224 p. : illus. ; 30 cmISBN:

9780811844246

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 932 PEM

LOC classification:

E184.C5 K5 2005

Contents:

Summary: Combining accessible text with color photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and architecture, this book presents the life, wars, power struggles and palace intrigues of ancient Egypt, from the Paleolithic to the Roman period, from the temples of Karnak and Luxor to the riches of King Tutankhamen and Nefertiti. Special sections explain the methods and history of the practice of Egyptology.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 932 PEM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		055908

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Introduction: Hundred-Gated Thebes -- Origins: The Paleolithic Period to the 17th Dynasty (c.100,000-c.1550bce) -- The Womb of the Goddess: The Paleolithic Period to the Early Dynastic Period -- She Who Loves Silence: The 3rd to 10th Dynasties -- The City of the Scepter: The 11th Dynasty -- Amun the Mighty: The 12th Dynasty -- Rivals for the Kingdom: The 13th to 17th Dynasties -- Special Feature: Exploration and Discovery -- Most Favored of Places The 18th Dynasty (c.1550-c.1295bce) -- Unity Restored: Ahmose I and Amenhotep I -- A Valley for the Kings: Thutmose I and Thutmose II -- Daughter of Amun: Hatshepsut -- Years of Conquest: Thutmose III -- Special Feature: Karnak and the Cult of Amun -- The Hero King: Amenhotep II -- Securing the Peace: Thutmose IV -- Monuments to the Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III -- A Time of Heresy: Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten -- Treasures of the Boy King: Tutankhamun -- Amun Restored: Ay -- The General Takes Charge: Horemheb -- Rulers in Southern Heliopolis: The 19th and 20th Dynasties (c.1295-c.1069bce) -- Stability and Renewal: Ramesses I -- Honoring the Ancestors: Sety I -- Ramesses the Great: Ramesses II -- Special Feature: Servants in the Place of Truth -- Thebes in Troubled Times: Merneptah -- Struggles for Power: Amenmesse and Sety II -- A Decade of Transition: Siptah, Tawosret, Sethnakht -- United with Eternity: Ramesses III -- Decline of a Royal City: Ramesses IV to Ramesses XI -- Epilogue: After the New Kingdom (c.1069bce-c.641ce) -- Disunity and Foreign Rule: 3rd Intermediate Period -- The Last Egyptian Pharaohs: The Late Period -- Greeks and Romans: Ptolemaic to Byzantine Periods.

Combining accessible text with color photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and architecture, this book presents the life, wars, power struggles and palace intrigues of ancient Egypt, from the Paleolithic to the Roman period, from the temples of Karnak and Luxor to the riches of King Tutankhamen and Nefertiti. Special sections explain the methods and history of the practice of Egyptology.

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