The British Museum has the largest and finest collection of antiquities from Egypt and the Sudan outside of those countries. Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt presents the highlights of the British Museum's Egyptian collection for the first time in print. This beautiful volume displays 200 of the most important and famous objects, including the Rosetta Stone, as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally significant pieces. Together, these works offer an overview of the whole of ancient Egyptian art. Each object is illustrated with a full-page color photograph, many of which were taken especially for this publication. The accompanying text unfolds the story and features of each object. The introduction offers a brief history of the vast collections of the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan and a description of how and why items are selected for display in the permanent galleries of the British Museum.

Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt

Arts & Photography

Strudwick, Nigel

History & Criticism

University of Texas Press

The eighty-five objects featured in this book span a full range of pharaonic history - from shortly before the Third Dynasty, about 2686 BC, to the Roman occupation of the fourth century AD - and cover each of the four periods into which ancient Egyptian history is divided: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and the Late Period. Presented here are a wide variety fo objects - sculpture, relief, papyri, ostraca, jewellery, cosmetic objects, and funerary items - in a variety of media, including stone, wood, terracotta, gold, glass, and papyrus, each catagorised according to its use in ancient culture. From objects made for temples of the gods and funerary monuments, to the objects used daily by artists and nobles and ritual objects concerning death and the afterlife, the treasures collected here are a testament to the rich, vibrant, and captivating culture of the ancient Egyptians.

Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the British Museum

JAMES, T.G.H.

Russmann, Edna

University of Washington Press

Ancient Thebes (modern Luxor) has more ancient monuments per square miles than any other site in Egypt. This book presents a context and overview of ancient Thebes.

Thebes in Egypt : A Guide to Tombs and Temples in Ancient Luxor

History

Strudwick, Helen

World

British Museum Pubns Ltd

Thebes is almost certainly the largest archaeological site in Egypt, and in recent years the tombs of the city's ancient inhabitants have been studied more intensively than ever before. This collection of essays reflects the current state of research on many aspects of the site, from the monuments of the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000 BC) to the people who live in the area in the present day. Together they present many new insights into the topography and history of the necropolis and the function and development of the various objects placed in the tombs, as well as offering valuable indications of the direction which future work might take. The majority of the papers were originally presented at an international conference held at the British Museum in July 2000.

The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future

Taylor, John H.

Ancient Civilizations

British Museum Press

Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor

The remains of ancient Thebes constitute one of the largest and most remarkable archaeological sites in all of Egypt and indeed the world. The discoveries made at this site, now the modern town of Luxor, are responsible for much of our knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilization. After excavating and researching the city of Thebes for many years, Nigel and Helen Strudwick here offer the first comprehensive introduction to it, one that will be welcomed by both armchair travelers and visitors to that popular tourist destination. Handsomely illustrated, the book features eighty photographs―thirty in color―and twenty maps and plans.
After reviewing the topography of the site, the Strudwicks recount the history of Thebes from the city's rise in the late Old Kingdom to the peak of its power in the New Kingdom and to its gradual decline in the Greco-Roman period. They discuss the central role played by the gods in the community's religious life, and take us on a tour of the great temples of Karnak and Luxor on the East Bank of the Nile and of the temples and tombs of kings, queens, princes, and ordinary individuals on the West Bank.
Drawing on their intimate acquaintance with ancient Egyptian society, the authors re-create the lives of Thebans during the New Kingdom. They conclude by assessing Greek, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic influences on the area as it exists today and by providing an overview of the archaeological research undertaken there.

Cornell University Press

Egyptian hieroglyphs have long fascinated people the world over, though traditionally only specially trained scholars have been able to unlock their esoteric secrets. In Hieroglyph Detective, renowned Egyptologist Nigel Strudwick offers a historical background for the symbols as he takes the reader on a visual tour of museums around the world and provides step-by-step instructions on how to decipher inscriptions from ancient Egyptian tombs and temples. This hands-on field guide contains everything one needs to uncover age-old mysteries like a true detective!

Hieroglyph Detective: How to Decode the Sacred Language of the Ancient Egyptians

Chronicle Books+

Hieroglyph Detective

Duncan Baird Publishers

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