| Description |
256 p. : col. ill. ; 30+ cm. |
| Note |
Translation of Die Schatze der Pharaonen. Published in the U.K. as: The royal gold of ancient Egypt. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250. |
| Contents |
Magic of gold: Jewellery of the prehistoric period -- Early dynastic period -- Gold mines -- Tomb-robbery -- Old kingdom: Titles, insignia and jewellery -- Goldworkers and jewelers -- Old kingdom jewellery finds -- Middle kingdom: New forms -- New techniques -- Middle kingdom jewellery finds -- New kingdom: Jewellery of Queen Ahhotep -- Gold in abundance -- Innovations in dress and jewellery -- Treasure of the `Three Princesses' -- Funerary treasure of Tutankhamun -- Ramesside period -- Late dynastic period: Jewellery of the high priests of Thebes -- Royal Necropolis of Tanis -- Gold from the pyramids of Kush -- Saite and Persian periods -- Jewellery of the Ptolemaic period -- Golden treasure of Meroe ? Appendices: Chronological table: Rulers of Egypt -- Coloured stones and their sources -- Maps: Egypt and Nubia -- Hieroglyphs, insignia and emblems of the Gods. |
| Summary |
Featuring hundreds of spectacular color photographs, the book presents the widest range of ancient Egyptian gold objects & jewels ever assembled in a single volume. In addition to objects found at the tombs of King Tutankhamen & the King of Tanis, this book showcases the huge caches of gold found in the pyramids of Meroe, in the grave of Cheops's mother, Queen Ahotep's tomb, in the graves of princesses of the Middle Kingdom & Early Dynasties, in the Serapeum of Saqqara, & elsewhere. |
| Subject |
Jewelry -- Egypt.
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Jewelry, Ancient -- Egypt.
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Goldwork -- Egypt.
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Art, Egyptian.
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Goldwork, Ancient -- Egypt.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Thiem, Eberhard.
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| Added Title |
Royal gold of ancient Egypt |
| ISBN |
0801437253 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801437250 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM b99W0362 |
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YDXCP 1604412 |
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NZ1 5147268 |
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