Download or read book Eternal Egypt written by Edna R. Russmann and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Silent Images written by Zahi Hawass and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully produced new paperback edition of Silent Images explores a puzzling contradiction: Despite the multitude of artifacts and texts that have come to us from ancient Egypt, much still remains obscure regarding the lives of women. Women were, from the historical perspective, silent-but how should this silence be interpreted? What was the reality of women's lives behind the standardized images? We know that their chief role in society as mothers and anchors of the family was honored and respected, although it meant a degree of segregation and, in most periods, excluded them from public office. Nevertheless, in law they were the equals of men and they could, and did, own property, which they administered and disposed of themselves. Zahi Hawass's book searches for a more realistic picture of women's lives in ancient Egypt. As well as reconsidering the evidence from tomb and temple, the author draws on unpublished material from his excavations at the workers' cemetery at Giza, which sheds light on the womenfolk of the workmen who built and maintained the pyramids. The text is complemented by lavish illustrations of places and objects, many made especially for this book.

Download or read book Art for Eternity written by Richard A. Fazzini and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enduring popularity and fascination with the art of Egypt is at the heart of this volume. This completely new survey sets out to shatter any conventional beliefs that Egyptian art is obsessed with funerary themes and full of static renderings of the human form. The authors present this art, which has a 7,000 year history, as a product of a civilization wholly different from our own. One hundred of the most significant pieces from the Brooklyn Museum of Art are chronologically organized, revealing how Egyptian 'art' developed and progressed.

Download or read book Eternal Egypt written by Pierre Montet and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost archaeologists and historians of ancient Egypt, Montet brilliantly details the Egyptian civilization by immersing the reader in every aspect of life in the Nile Valley, from earliest times until the conquest by Alexander the Great: the climate, the flora and fauna, the arts and crafts, the attitudes to their gods and the afterlife, Egyptian contributions to literature, science and art, and the symbolic Nile.

Download or read book The Eye of Horus written by Gae Callender and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1992-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom written by Cyril Aldred and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1982 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the cultural developments of distinct periods in ancient Egyptian history through examples of architecture, sculpture, and artifacts.

Download or read book Mistress of the House Mistress of Heaven written by Anne K. Capel and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-of-its-kind exhibit cataloged here focuses on the women of Egypt from all levels of society in works compiled strictly from American collections by American curators. Because the quantity of written records is limited (though enormous in comparison to most early societies), there is still much guesswork involved in determining the place women held in Egyptian society. It is clear that, unlike most ancient and not-so-ancient societies, Egypt conferred on women the legal right to own property and to barter their own goods, which means a larger record for current study. The essays here are both erudite and fascinating to read; the illustrations are clear and well presented in conjunction with the text. 117 colour & 112 b/w illustrations

Download or read book Lives of the Pharaohs written by Pierre Montet and published by Spring Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pharaohs written by Lawrence Michael Berman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Black Women in Antiquity written by Ivan Van Sertima and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume provides an overview of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses who dominated the history and imagination of ancient times. The authors have concentrated on Ethiopia and Egypt because the documents of the Nile Valley are voluminous compared to the sketchier records in other parts of Africa, but also because the imagination of the world, not just that of Africa, was haunted by these women. They are just as prominent a feature of European mythology as of African reality. The book is divided into three parts: Ethiopia and Egyptian Queens and Goddesses; Black Women in Ancient Art; and Conquerors and Courtesans. This second edition contains two new chapters, one on Hypatia and women's rights in ancient Egypt, and the other on the diffusion into Europe of Isis, the African goddess of Nile Valley civilizations.

Download or read book Images for Eternity written by Richard A. Fazzini and published by Gorgias PressLlc. This book was released on 1975 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Chronology; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; I. The PRedynastic and Early Dynastic Periods; II. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Periods; III. The Middle Kingdom; IV. The Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom, and the Third Intermediate Period; V. The Late Period; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Concordance I; Concordance II.

Download or read book Pyramid Studies and Other Essays Presented to I E S Edwards written by John Baines and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Egypt s Dazzling Sun written by Arielle P. Kozloff and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reign.

Download or read book Guide to the Egyptian Collection written by István Nagy and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Egyptian Saints written by Dietrich Wildung and published by New York : New York University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Collector s Eye written by Thalassic Collection, Ltd and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Thalassic Collection, Ltd., is one of the world's greatest private collections of Egyptian art, consisting of over 175 rare and beautiful objects ranging in date from 3500 B.C. to the Roman era in the first century A.D. These relics of Pharaonic civilization are illustrated here, along with contributions from over 20 scholars on Egyptomania, Egyptian art and history, and materials and techniques in Egyptian art. The collection is particularly rich in important sculptures, both significant historical monuments as well as artistic masterpieces. Also included are a large number of small items including jewels and amulets, inlays and architectural decorations, and painstakingly crafted objects of everyday use. Lastly, the collection also documents the development of Egyptology in the 18th and 19th centuries through outstanding examples of Egyptomania, including the evocative paintings of Gerome, David Roberts, and Howard Carter."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book A Royal Statue Reattributed written by W. V. Davies and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: