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A National Geographic publication
Author: Zahi Hawass, photographer: Kenneth Garrett |
This official companion to
the travelling exhibition lets you examine King Tut's
magnificent treasures in closer detail than ever before.
Follow the ongoing detective work as scientists unearth
new clues and piece together clearer pictures of this
golden age.
In the exhibit, cutting-edge forensic information
of Tutankhamun provides tantalizing clues to the mysterious
life and death of the ancient king. The 55 Tutankhamun
artifacts featured in this book—as well as 70
additional artifacts from other pharaohs of the eighteenth
dynasty—illustrate daily life and the journeys
of kings to the afterlife, giving us a glimpse into
the richness of this ancient civilization.
Extensively researched and featuring beautiful,
newly-commissioned photographs, Tutankhamun
and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs showcases
a splendid selection of treasures unearthed in Egyptian
tombs and brings these discoveries to life as never
before, providing a fitting tribute to the Egyptians'
remarkable ingenuity, craftsmanship, and culture.
175 full-color photographs. Maps, timeline & tomb
plans.
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From Booklist
Tutankhamen's reign, though brief, is historically significant because
it coincided with restoration of the traditional Egyptian pantheon, which
had been suppressed in an experiment in radical monotheism under the famous
pharaoh Akhenaton. But it's the trove discovered in 1922 that has elevated
Tutankhamen into an archaeological superstar, invariably drawing stadium-size
crowds to museums that periodically exhibit its objects. A selection of
about 130 items (without the spectacular coffins but including grave goods
from other kings of Tutankhamen's dynasty) will tour four U.S. cities
from 2005 to 2007: this book is the sanctioned companion to the exhibition.
Written by one of the premier names in Egyptology, it closely describes
the physical and symbolic attributes of each object and explains its purpose
in the afterlife. Hawass' text sustains his reputation (Secrets from the
Sand, 2003) as an engagingly clear public presenter of the subject, as
it threads a general history of the eighteenth dynasty with dramatic narration
of archaeologist Howard Carter's finding of Tutankhamen's sepulchre. An
arrestingly visual album destined for high demand. Gilbert Taylor
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