The Murder of Tutankhamen: A 3000-year-old Murder Mystery - Hardcover

Brier, Robert (Bob) M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297841300 ISBN 13: 9780297841302

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998

Synopsis

Tutankhamen conjurs all the fascination that people have with Egypt. Ironically very little is known about the boy king.He was born in one of the most traumatictimes in Egypts 3000 year history. The nations religion was changed to montheism, as was the nations capital city. Leading egypotologist Bob Brier brings to life the dramatic story of Tutankhamen , the " boy king " who died mysteriously at the very young age of twenty.

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Review

"A fascinating blend of ancient history, forensic medicine, and ratiocinative detective work."

About the Author

Dr. Bob Brier has spent more than twenty years studying ancient Egypt, focusing on paleopathology, the study of disease in the ancient world. He is one of the world's most authoritative and respected Egyptologists and the author of two previous books, Ancient Egyptian Magic and Egyptian Mummies. Currently, he hosts the Learning Channel's most successful series ever, The Great Egyptians. Dr. Brier is chairman of the philosophy department at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, in Brookville, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297841300
• ISBN 13: 9780297841302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356