The Lost Tombs of Thebes: Life in Paradise - Hardcover

Zahi Hawass

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500051593 ISBN 13: 9780500051597

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

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Book by Hawass Zahi

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'Splendid ... only a few of the tombs featured in this book will be accessible to visitors, so it provides readers with a unique opportunity to see within them ... exquisite photographs' - Current World Archaeology 'If you were able to travel in Egypt, you could never have a better view of the art in these private tombs. It is really breathtaking. Some of the mural paintings are as fresh and vivid as if created yesterday' - egyptology.blogspot.com

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In the foothills of the Theban massif in southern Egypt, not far from the Valley of the Kings, lie hundreds of unique and wonderfully decorated tombs from the New Kingdom belonging to the people who served the pharaohs. The Lost Tombs of Thebes gives the reader unprecedented and privileged access to a selection of these extraordinary monuments.The beautiful scenes and texts that adorn their walls include some of the most exquisite examples of Egyptian art to be found anywhere in the land of the Nile. Combining scholarship with superb photography, including numerous foldouts, this magnificent volume will bring these lost tombs back into the light and illuminate the mysterious world of ancient Thebes and the nobles who lived and died there in Egypt’s Golden Age.

Table of Contents

The Eternal House of the Soul · 1. The Nobles of the New Kingdom 2. The Architecture of the New Kingdom Tombs · 3. Scenes of Earthly Life · 4. Journey to the Afterlife · 5. Burial Equipment · 6. Saving the Valley of the Nobles

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0500051593
• ISBN 13: 9780500051597
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288