Category: Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (Gift Edition with Scarab)

Price: ¥3,500

Publisher: US, Sterling Innovation : 2011

Seller ID: RWARE0000063495

ISBN-13: 9781435123021

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In ancient Egypt, The Book of the Dead was buried with the deceased to assist the spirit in its journey to eternal life. This special edition of the classic text comes packaged in a stunning gold foil-stamped, embossed gift box along with a beautiful collectible scarab--a symbol of resurrection for the Egyptians. Translated by an eminent Egyptologist, the book features hundreds of photos of jewelry, tomb paintings, amulets, papyrus scrolls, and other ...
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Egypt to the end of the Old Kingdom

By: Aldred, Cyril

Price: ¥1,550

Publisher: U.S.A., Thames & Hudson : 1992

Seller ID: RWARE0000063553

ISBN-13: 9780500290019

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Traces the cultural developments of distinct periods in ancient Egyptian history through examples of architecture, sculpture, and artifacts.
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Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery

By: Allen, Susan J.

Price: ¥10,000

Publisher: US, Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2006

Seller ID: RWARE0000062533

ISBN-13: 9780300120264

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good/Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This richly illustrated book of vintage photographs commemorates one of the most memorable episodes in the history of archaeology: the discovery and e xploration in 1922 of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (Dynasty 18, ruled ca. 1336-1327 B.C.). These photographs, documenting ev ery stage in the process of discovery, were taken by the renowned archaeolo gical photographer Harry Burton. Burton was a staff member of the Metropoli ta...
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Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?: Changes in Egyptian Society from 1850 to the Present

By: Amin, Galal

Price: ¥550

Publisher: US, American University in Cairo : 2001

Seller ID: RWARE0000062307

ISBN-13: 9789774245596

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Based on both academic research and the author's own personal experiences a nd impressions, this delightful and informative book examines the underlyin g causes of some of the more disturbing social, political, economic, and cu ltural phenomena that characterize Egyptian society in the 1990s. Egypt's crisis of culture and other woes are often attributed to the 'open door policy' (Infitah) initiated under President Sadat in the mid-1970s, an d to the l...
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Egyptian Book of the Dead

By: Dassow, Eva von

Price: ¥7,000

Publisher: US, Chronicle Books : 1994

Seller ID: RWARE0000060028

ISBN-13: 9780811807920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good/Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. For millennia, the culture and philosophy of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated artists, historians, and spiritual seekers throughout the world. Now, with this deluxe edition, the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Anithe most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discoveredhas been restored in its original sequences of text and artwork, using the latest advances in computer-imaging technology. Four exquisitely illus...
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The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (The Complete Series)

By: Dodson, Aidan

Price: ¥4,000

Publisher: US, Thames & Hudson : 2010

Seller ID: RWARE0000062538

ISBN-13: 9780500288573

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "Excellent biographical history of ancient Egypt's royal families from the Early Dynastic period to Egypt's absorption into the Roman Empire. . . . Hi ghly recommended."â??Choice This groundbreaking book illuminates the lives of some 1,300 kings, queens, princes, and princesses of ancient Egypt, unraveling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in politics, cultural life, and religio n. The authors begin with a basic summary of the s...
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The Tomb in Ancient Egypt

By: Dodson, Aidan

Price: ¥8,000

Publisher: US, Thames & Hudson : 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000062546

ISBN-13: 9780500051399

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good/Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A richly illustrated and complete account of the development and significan ce of the tomb in ancient Egypt. From the pyramids and royal burial ground in the Valley of the Kings to the tombs of queens such as Ramesses II's consort Nefertari and the far larger number of private tombs of nobles like Rekhmire and Ramose, The Tomb in An cient Egypt is an unparalleled guide for Egyptophiles everywhere. Besides the paintings, reliefs, and statues adorning t...
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Archaic Egypt

By: Emery, Walter B. (Walter Bryan)

Price: ¥500

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin : 1972

Seller ID: RWARE0000060268

ISBN-13: 9780140204629

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pyramid Illusions: A Journey to the Truth

By: Gadalla, Moustafa

Price: ¥2,700

Publisher: US, Tehuti Research Foundation : 1997

Seller ID: RWARE0000038808

ISBN-13: 9780965250979

Condition: As New

Pyramid Illusions: A Journey To The Truth challenges the common theories ab out the Egyptian stone pyramids. Pyramid Illusions is a culmination of orig inal research, imaginative writing, and many useful illustrations to help t he reader envision him/herself at the sites and interiors of the Egyptian m asonry pyramids. By reviewing the facts on the sites, the reader is capable of separating the fact rom the fiction and finding that the pyramids are n ot tombs, the stone blocks of the pyramids were man-made and not quarried, ramps were not used, and slaves did not build the pyramids. Readers wi...
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Ancient Egypt: An Introduction

By: Ikram, Salima

Price: ¥4,000

Publisher: US, Cambridge University Press : 2009

Seller ID: RWARE0000063570

ISBN-13: 9780521675987

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition.Pages are intact a nd not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This book provides an introduction to one of the greatest civilization of all time - ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems as well as its subsequent political development, it examines methodology, the history of the discipline of Egyptology, religion, social organization, urban and rural life, and death. It also includes a section on how people of all ranks lived. Lavishly illust...
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The Valley of the Kings

By: Luca, Araldo de

Price: ¥5,000

Publisher: US, White Star Publishers : 2011

Seller ID: RWARE0000062544

ISBN-13: 9788854406292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good/Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. the Valley of the Kings and the region of Luxor are home to some of the greatest archaeological treasures no only in Egypt but in the whole world. This book accompanies the reader on a journey of discovery to the magnificently decorated tombs of the Pharaohs and Queen of the New Kingdom and their monumental funerary temples.
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Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egy pt

By: Maspero, Gaston Camille Charles

Price: ¥3,000

Publisher: US, BiblioBazaar : 2007

Seller ID: RWARE0000061649

ISBN-13: 9780554054117

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

TRANSLATED BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. With Illustrations.
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Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt

By: Meskell, Lynn

Price: ¥2,500

Publisher: US, Princeton University Press : 2004

Seller ID: RWARE0000061683

ISBN-13: 9780691120584

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Much of the literature on ancient Egypt centers on pharaohs or on elite con ceptions of the afterlife. This scintillating book examines how ordinary an cient Egyptians lived their lives. Drawing on the remarkably rich and detai led archaeological, iconographic, and textual evidence from some 450 years of the New Kingdom, as well as recent theoretical innovations from several fields, it reconstructs private and social life from birth to death. The re sult is a meaningful portrait composed of individual biographies, communiti es, and landscapes. Structured according to the cycles of life, the bo...
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Ancient Egyptian Religion

By: Quirke, Stephen

Price: ¥1,000

Publisher: US, Dover Publications Inc : 1993

Seller ID: RWARE0000063569

ISBN-13: 9780486274270

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

In this 192 page book, "the author sets out to place the texts, images and objects of Pharaonic religion in the setting of the world that produced the m. They can then be appreciated as human responses to particular living con ditions and so regain their poetic power as expressions of universal human needs and fears."
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The ancient gods speak : a guide to Egyptian religion

By: Redford, Donald Bruce

Price: ¥3,000

Publisher: Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press : 2002

Seller ID: RWARE0000061625

ISBN-13: 9780195154016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good/Good

"Incorporating the latest and best scholarship in the area, The Ancient God s Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion provides over 90 in-depth articles ra nging from Anubis, the dog-headed god of the underworld, to the Opening of the Mouth, the cultic ceremony of reanimation. Readers will find informativ e and fascinating entries on deities, burial practices, cults, demons, fant astic animals, magic, oracles, sacred writings, festivals, myths, the after life, and other facets of Egyptian belief and practice. Each entry is writt en by a noted Egyptologist and contains the most up-to-date informati...
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Women in ancient Egypt

By: Robins, Gay

Price: ¥1,400

Publisher: US, Harvard University Press : 1993

Seller ID: RWARE0000061682

ISBN-13: 9780674954687

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte: Cahier No. 41: Thebes and Be yond, Studies in Honor of Kent R. Weeks

By: Zahi, Hawass, Salima Ikram, (Editors)

Price: ¥7,000

Publisher: US, The American University in C. : 2011

Seller ID: RWARE0000061686

ISBN-13: 9789777043779

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. From loutish behavior in Ramesside Egypt to insularity and island identity in the desert oases, from late Predynastic offering tables to Sixth Dynasty royal women, this collection of scholarly essays explores diverse subjects brought together to celebrate the contributions to Egyptology by Dr Kent W eeks, American University in Cairo Professor Emeritus and the eminent Egypt ologist whose work in the Valley of the Kings and other important sites has ad...
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Category: Egypt