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The Valley of the Kings is famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. Many of the royal tombs contain astonishing wall paintings of the king with various gods and goddesses, as well as papyri, mummies, decorated coffins and other artifacts. Here now is the first ever book to reproduce the wall paintings and murals in full. Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout, this volume allows the reader to join the pharaohs of the New Kingdom on their journey to immortality.
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'The photographs reproduce every detail with startling clarity and a superb intensity of colour ... highly recommended' --British Museum Magazine
'A visual feast, truly a book that can be enjoyed and one that will enhance any future visit to the Valley to see the actual tombs' --Ancient Egypt
'Sandro Vannini's detailed photography will keep you absorbed for hours ... a beautiful, high-quality book that takes you on a tour of the Egyptian netherworld at a very reasonable price' --Focus
'A treasury of informative text ... packed with wonderful, detailed photographs' --Birmingham Post
'Stunning ... fascinating stuff'
--The Sunday Telegraph
'For a blow-out, coffeee-table treat, you can't beat The Royal Tombs of Egypt' --Bettany Hughes, The Sunday Herald
'Spectacular ... containing numerous gorgeous photographs [and] remarkable six-page foldouts ... an exemplary guide'
--The Spectator
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'A visual feast, truly a book that can be enjoyed and one that will enhance any future visit to the Valley to see the actual tombs' --Ancient Egypt
'Sandro Vannini's detailed photography will keep you absorbed for hours ... a beautiful, high-quality book that takes you on a tour of the Egyptian netherworld at a very reasonable price' --Focus
'A treasury of informative text ... packed with wonderful, detailed photographs' --Birmingham Post
'Stunning ... fascinating stuff'
--The Sunday Telegraph
'For a blow-out, coffeee-table treat, you can't beat The Royal Tombs of Egypt' --Bettany Hughes, The Sunday Herald
'Spectacular ... containing numerous gorgeous photographs [and] remarkable six-page foldouts ... an exemplary guide'
--The Spectator
Zahi Hawass is General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt. He has written scores of books on the archaeology of ancient Egypt, including his memoir Secrets in the Sand, also published by Thames & Hudson.
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- PublisherThames and Hudson Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0500513228
- ISBN 13 9780500513224
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