Temples Tombs Hieroglyphs

Author : Barbara Mertz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061842362
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Barbara Mertz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs written by Barbara Mertz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barbara Mertz
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1849016712
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, A Brief History of Ancient Egypt written by Barbara Mertz and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it was like in the Valley of the Kings? To unlock the mysteries of the pyramids? Or sail down the Nile on Cleopatra's Barge? In her fascinating new introduction to the wonders of ancient Egypt expert Barbara Mertz tells the extraordinary history from the first stone age settlements to the age of Cleopatra and the Roman Emperors. It offers not just insights into the glories of the Pharaohs, but also intriguing glimpses of everyday life, folklore and culture.

Author : Barbara Mertz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs written by Barbara Mertz and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs written by Elizabeth Peters and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barbara Michaels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs written by Barbara Michaels and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost civilizations come to life.

Author : Barry Kemp
Publisher : Granta Publications
ISBN 13 : 1847087507
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Hieroglyphs written by Barry Kemp and published by Granta Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians.”—Sarah Parcak, National Geographic Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the Egyptian mind come from Egyptian hieroglyphs. They reveal the priorities, concerns and beliefs of the Egyptians—a whole worldview. Unlike the Western alphabet, which is an arbitrary set of symbols not anchored in reality, each Egyptian hieroglyph denotes a concept central to Egyptian thinking. The language and its written form are intimately bound up with the imaginative world of the Egyptians. Here, Barry Kemp presents 100 of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to provide access to this unique culture. Kemp takes us on a journey through the Egyptian mind, revealing not only aspects of day-to-day life in Ancient Egypt, but gradually building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought. This fascinating book helps us get inside a long-vanished world. “A capsule key to the ancient Egyptian mind.”—Dr. Norman Hammond, The Times “Kemp uses 100 hieroglyphs as a springboard for discussion of a range of topics . . . This clever premise works well . . . [an] enjoyable and informative volume.”—Times Higher Education Supplement “This is most certainly a book that will challenge and reward.”—New World

Author : Henry George Fischer
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870995286
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy written by Henry George Fischer and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1988 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The aim of this book is twofold: first, to provide beginning students with step-by-step guidance in drawing hieroglyphs; and secondly, to supplement the observations of Gardiner in the Sign List at the back of his Egyptian Grammar. The examples include all 24 of the common forms of "alphabetic" (monoconsonantal) signs, and a selection of other signs that are either difficult to draw or that call for additional comment - a total of about 200 in all. Comparative material, emphasizing Old Kingdom models, is presented in 175 line drawings. By familiarizing themselves with this material, along with the points made in the Introduction, students will, at the same time, learn a good deal about hieroglyphic palaeography"--Publisher's description.

Author : Barbara Mertz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062087169
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Land, Black Land written by Barbara Mertz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, erudite, and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt—this acclaimed classic work is now revised and updated for a new generation Displaying the unparalleled descriptive power, unerring eye for fascinating detail, keen insight, and trenchant wit that have made the novels she writes (as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels) perennial New York Times bestsellers, internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz brings a long-buried civilization to vivid life. In Red Land, Black Land, she transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt. Who were these people whose civilization has inspired myriad films, books, artwork, myths, and dreams, and who built astonishing monuments that still stagger the imagination five thousand years later? What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes concerning religion, childrearing, nudity, premarital sex? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to give us an intimate view of the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens—and receive fascinating tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus. An eye-opening and endlessly entertaining companion volume to Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, Mertz's extraordinary history of ancient Egypt, Red Land, Black Land offers readers a brilliant display of rich description and fascinating edification. It brings us closer than ever before to the people of a great lost culture that was so different from—yet so surprisingly similar to—our own.

Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750227551
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples, Tombs and Pyramids written by Stewart Ross and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2001 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is all about the great building works of the industrious ancient Egyptians. It explains how the pyramid design evolved from early step pyramids culminating in the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest manmade structure on earth, and one of the wonders of the ancient world. Why were these great structures built and what techniques were used to build them? Explore the ruins of Egyptian temples, and discover the treasures found in their tombs to accompany the dead on their journey to the afterlife.