Download or read book Temples of Stone written by Carleton Jones and published by Collins Press. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential book on Ireland's megaliths; lavishly illustrated.
Download or read book Temples and Tombs written by Edna R. Russmann and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented here are a wide variety of objects - sculpture, relief, papyri, ostraca, jewelry, cosmetic objects, and funerary items - in a variety of media, including stone, wood, terra cotta, ivory, gold, glass, and papyrus, each categorized according to its use in ancient culture. From objects belonging to the king and housed in the temple to the tools of daily life used by artists and nobles to 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. The British Museum possesses one of the world's foremost collections of Egyptian antiquities. In Temples and Tombs, readers are presented with a rare opportunity to glimpse the collection's renowned masterpieces and treasures little known outside the museum walls. The eighty-five objects featured within these pages span a full range of pharaonic history - from shortly before the First Dynasty, about 3100 B.C., to the Roman occupation of the fourth century A.D. - and cover each of the four periods into which ancient Egyptian history is divided: Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, and the Late Period. This fully illustrated book accompanies a major traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the British Museum. Edna R. Russmann is curator of Egyptian, classical, and ancient Middle Eastern art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Nigel Strudwick is assistant keeper of the Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum. T. G. H. James is former keeper of Egyptian antiquities at the British Museum.
Download or read book Temples Tombs Hieroglyphs written by Barbara Mertz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz explores the reality behind the bestselling fiction she writes (as Elizabeth Peters) and casts a dazzling light on a remarkable civilization. Afascinating chronicle of an extraordinary people—from the first Stone Age settlements through the reign of Cleopatra and the Roman invasions—Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs brings ancient Egypt to life as never before. Lavishly illustrated with pictures, maps, and photographs, it offers tantalizing glimpses into Egyptian society; amazing stories of the pharaohs and the rise and fall of great dynasties; a sampling of culture, religion, and folklore; stories of explorers, scientists, and scoundrels who sought to unravel or exploit the ageless mysteries; and new insights into the architectural wonders that were raised along the banks of the Nile.
Download or read book Tombs Temples Ancient Art written by Joseph Lindon Smith and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From book cover: Tombs Temples And Ancient Art: When Joseph Lindon Smith went out to Egypt as a young artist in 1898, archaeology was beginning to uncover some of the fabled treasures of an ancient land. For the next half-century, he devoted himself to the great "finds" as they were excavated from the encroaching sands, depicting them in countless paintings for the leading museums of the world. He became the friend of Flinder Petrie, the greatest of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Egyptologists, and the co-worker of the best-known archaeologists down to 1950; he explored and painted at Petra, Persepolis, Ur Palmyra, and Baalbek; he also did work with Sylvanus Griswold Morley in the ancient Maya centers of America, and painted in the Far East. His personal account of what transpired under his eyes and of the chronology and relations of ancient art over a wide area is at once exciting narrative and important history. The many illustrations chosen from his painting provide visual accompaniment to his story of classical civilizations and reveal the literal quality of his own art, which has in notable instances preserved for us the likeness of things that have since crumbled or faded on exposure to light and air after being buried for centuries. Tombs, Temples, And Ancient Art gains strength for its informality, for while the initiated will discover facts and interpretations of high importance to science, all readers will recognize in it the work of a man alive to adventure.
Download or read book Cyprus Its Ancient Cities Tombs and Temples written by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Code of Kings written by Linda Schele and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-06-06 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly informative tour of a lost civilization discusses Mayan history and culture and focuses on seven sites that exemplify the Mayan tradition of using public places to record their history and belief system. Maps, drawings & photos.
Download or read book Pyramids Temples and Tombs of Ancient Egypt written by Lorna Oakes and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Egypt has captivated visitors for centuries. This beautifully illustrated volume offers an intriguing insight into the religious and burial practices of the ancient Egyptians. It reveals the tombs of the three most famous ancient burial sites in Egypt: Giza, Saqqara and the Valley of the Kings, where the famous tomb of the boy-king Tuthankhamun was discovered. It also investigates the numerous temples of the pharaohs, gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. Lavishly illustrated with wonderful photographs and detailed plans of the major sites, this informative book will provide the reader with a fresh and authoritative view of this ancient civilization. * A fascinating tour of the temples built to worship the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, including Philae, Karnak and Abydos. * A detailed survey of the famous tombs of the pharaohs, their queens and their royal officials. * Compelling insights into the daily lives and religious practices of the ancient Egyptians. * Illustrated with over 500 photographs of the major sites. About the Author: Lorna Oakes is a lecturer in Egyptology at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is also a Special Assistant in the Education Service of the British Museum, and regularly takes part in public gallery talks and lectures on ancient Egypt and the Near East. She has led many study tours to Egypt, a country which she loves and where she has many friends.
Download or read book The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh written by William Matthew Flinders Petrie and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tombs Temples and Their Orientations written by Michael A. Hoskin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of archaeoastronomy looks at more than 2,500 communal tombs and sanctuaries from around the Mediterranean. After a brief discussion of Hoskin's aims and the methodology for his fieldwork, individual chapters focus on evidence from particular regions: Malta, Gozo, the Balearics, Iberia, southern France, Corsica and Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The author concludes that in most of these regions the monuments faced sunrise, or more generally the sun when it was rising or climbing in the sky. Along the Mediterranean coast of France, however, there is a reverse sunset custom; in North Africa tombs faced downhill and in a Minoan cemetery on Crete all the tombs faced moonrise and look towards a mountain on whose peak was a sanctuary probably sacred to a lunar god. 264p, b/w figs and photos throughout, tables (Ocarina Books 2001) ` adorned with dozens of beautiful photographs, technical diagrams, and an extraordinary Corpus Mensurarum.....a living masterpiece in the field of archaeoastronomy ' - Juan Antonio Belmonte, Instituto de Astroficia de Canarias `
Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Pyramids Temples Tombs of Ancient Egypt written by Lorna Oakes and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating and mysterious world of the pharoahs with insightful text and more than 500 stunning colour photographs
Download or read book The Pyramids the Sphinx written by Peter Lacovara and published by Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated and well-documented book will be an invaluable resource to anyone traveling to or interested in Egypt.
Download or read book Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt written by Lorna Oakes and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative book offers a fascinating tour of the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt, with compelling facts and insights, shown in 500 pictures.
Download or read book Temples Tombs and Monuments of Ancient Greece and Rome written by W. Adams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Download or read book Tombs Temples and Ancient Art written by Joseph Lindon Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tombs written by Lisa Tuttle and published by Borealis. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Michael Bishop, Larry Bond, Ben Bova, and other popular authors take readers on a literary tour of the magical and the mysterious. From Egypt's great pyramids to the Shroud of Turin to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, this anthology invetigates forces, people, and things which some feel are better left unexplored.
Download or read book Hindostan Its Landscapes Palaces Temples Tombs written by Emma Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt Nubia and Palestine in 1845 6 written by Isabella Frances Romer and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romer describes her travels to popular tourist destinations in Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine. She organizes her trip by theme rather than in diary style, and comments on the people she meets as well as the sites she visits.
