Presents a scholarly description of the construction and principal features of the monumental tombs of the pharaohs

The Pyramids of Egypt: Revised Edition

History

Edwards, I.E.S.

Ancient Civilizations

Penguin??Books

Photographs, illustrations, bibliography.

The Pyramids of Egypt (Pelican books)

Middle East

The Pyramids of Egypt

Dr Edwards draws both on his research and on the work of many archaeologists who have dug in Egypt. Surveying 1000 years of pyramid-building, he charts the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments, from the mastabas of the first and second dynasties and the step pyramids to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle Kingdom, and discusses the famous group at Giza. His final chapter, dealing with their construction and purpose, puts the pyramids into the perspective of ancient Egyptian society. This revised edition includes recent discoveries and research.

Black-and-white on-the-scene photographs and full-color plates record the great art treasures discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun, and a British Egyptologist comments extensively on individual items

Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures.

Metropolitan Museum / Knopf

Studio

Treasures of Tutankhamun

Viking Adult

Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections: The British Museum

Trustees of the British Museum

Treasures of Tutankhamun: British Museum Exhibition Catalogue

Viking Press

Although Edwards is perhaps not a name familiar to many of us, he was a major figure in Egyptology and the work of the British Museum both in Britain and overseas, from the 1940s onwards. His book Pyramids of Egypt was reprinted time and again, a fact that reflects the importance and popularity of his work. This autobiography describes his early life and childhood, his developing interest and schooling in Egyptology and his career at the British Museum. Among his major achievements whilst working for the BM was obtaining permission from the Egyptian government to bring the Tutankhamun exhibition to Britain. His travels throughout Egypt and the rest of Africa, his experiences in the Near East during the war, the expeditions he joined as part of the Egyptian Exploration Society and the encounters he had with influential archaeologists and political figures, are all recounted from memory. His readable style and attention to detail, often recounting conversations word-for-word, make this a highly entertaining read.

From the Pyramids to Tutankhamun: Memoirs of an Egyptologist

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Oxbow Books

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