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Cairo: Tiradritti: Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum Cairo. Cloth. American edition
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  • Cairo Museum: Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum Cairo. Hardcover. Ca.26x35cm
  • edited by Francesco Tiradritti, photographs by Araldo De Luca
  • 416 pages, 664 photographs, in full colour. 1999. This work is a showcase for the treasures of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Following the chronological layout of the Museum, the book tours the collections held in each hall, with accompanying text by international Egyptologists.

Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes 1 and 2. 2nd Edition. Hardback
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  • Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes 1 and 2. 2nd Edition. Hardback
  • Edited by I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, E. Sollberger
  • 223 pages. 1977, 1989, 1995. A new Plates Volume to accompany the four Parts of The Cambridge Ancient History, Volumes I and II. Reduced price, was E112,00

Campaign 022 Healy: Qadesh 1300 BC. Clash of the Warrior Kings 9781855323001
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  • Qadesh 1300 BC. Clash of the Warrior Kings
  • by Mark Healy
  • 96 pages. The earliest battle in history which can be reconstructed in detail, Qadesh pitted the two great warriors of the age against each other, Muwatallish of Hatti and the great warrior-Pharaoh Rameses II.

Cannon-Brown: Nefer: The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt. Hardback
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  • Nefer: The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt. Hardback
  • by Willie Cannon-Brown
  • x, 116 pages. 2007. This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is based upon original research on ancient Egypt it opens up space for a review of the aesthetics of other African societies in the Nile Valley

Capel: Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient Egypt. Cloth
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  • Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient Egypt. Cloth, 24x31cm
  • edited by Anne K. Capel and Glenn E. Markoe
  • 235 pages, with 117 color plates, 112 black and white illustrations, chronology, map, bibliography and index. 1997

Capponi: Roman Egypt. Paperback
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  • Roman Egypt.
  • Livia Capponi 2011. Paperback, 128 pages, Illustrations, 216 x 135 mm. This book offers a first approach to the subject, presenting a survey of the most important aspects of life in the province under Roman domination, from the conquest by Octavian in 30 BC to the third century AD, as they emerge from the micro-level of the Egyptian papyri and inscriptions, but also from the ancient literary sources, such as Strabo, Diodorus, and Philo, and from the most important archaeological discoveries.
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      Carroll: Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. Hardbound
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      • Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. Hardbound
      • by Maureen Carroll
      • 144 pages, 72 colour and 30 black-white illustrations. This title which brings together archaeological and literary evidence surrounding ancient gardens, also examines the tasks and role of gardeners, and assesses the evidence for various types of plants and trees, and for ancient horticultural practices.

      Carter: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen. Paperback
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      • Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen. Paperback
      • Howard Carter and A. C. Mace. 382 pages, 105 illustrations, 1923. 104 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures.

      Carter: The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen: Volume 2: The Tomb and Burial Chamber. Paperback
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      • Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. The Tomb and Burial Chamber. Paperback
      • by Howard Carter
      • 367 pages, index, 6 appendices, 88 plates with 153 illustrations. 2001. It was originally published in 1927 as the second volume of Carter's trilogy. It records the opening of the four protective shrines; the discovery within of Tutankhamun's quartz-sandstone sarcophagus; the extraction of the king's three anthropoid coffins (the innermost of solid gold) and the final examination of the pharoah's splendidly bejewelled mummy.

      Carter: The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen: Volume 3. The Annexe and Treasury. Paperback
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      • Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. The Annexe and Treasury. Paperback
      • Howard Carter
      • 299 pages, index, appendix, 80 plates. 2000. Originally published in 1933, this is the third volume of Carter's trilogy describing the excavation of the two store chambers of the tomb of Tutankhamun, within which were gathered many of the boy-king's most splended funerary treasures.

      Carter: The Tomb of Tutankhamen. Hardback
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      • Tomb of Tutankhamen. Hardback
      • By Howard Carter. 352 pages. 2008

      Carter: The Tomb of Tutankhamen: Paperback
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      • Tomb of Tutankhamen. Paperback
      • by Howard Carter, introduction by Anthony Brandt
      • 384 pages, with 25 photographs. 2003. "Feverishly we cleared away...the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.... We made a tiny breach in the top left hand corner to see what was beyond. There was naturally short suspense for those present who could not see, when Lord Carnarvon said to me ‘Can you see anything,’ I replied to him ‘Yes, it is wonderful.’

      Cartocci: Ancient Egyptian Art : Visual Encyclopedia. Hardback
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      • Ancient Egyptian Art: Visual Encyclopedia
      • Alice Cartocci 2010
      • Hardback, 352 pages, 360 colour illustrations, 244 x 201 mm
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      Casson: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
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      • Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
      • by Lionel Casson
      • 164 pages, 10 illustrations. Revised and Expanded Edition 2001

      Casson: Libraries in the Ancient World. Paperback
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      • Libraries in the Ancient World. Paperback
      • by Lionel Casson
      • 177 pages, with many illustrations. 2002. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries

      Casson: Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. Paperback
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      • Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. Paperback
      • by Lionel Casson
      • xxviii, 470 pages, 197 illustrations. 1995. Traces the history of early ships and seamanship from pre-dynastic Egypt to the Roman empire. The book describes the ships themselves as well as the crews, weaponry, cargo storage, methods of navigation and harbour facilities.

      Castiglioni: Das Goldland der Pharaonen: Die Entdeckung von Berenike Pancrisia. Gebunden
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      • Goldland der Pharaonen. Die Entdeckung von Berenike Pancrisia. Gebunden
      • Alfredo und Angelo Castiglioni
      • 192 Seiten, mit 294 Abbildungen. 1998. Das mystische Berenike Pankrisia, die Stadt, ganz aus Gold erbaut, wurde lange Zeit an den Kusten des Roten Meeres gesucht. In 1989 im Wadi Allaqi inmitten der Nubischen Wüste entdeckt. In allen Einzelheiten schildert der vorliegende Band das Unternehmen, das zur Wiederentdeckung der großen "ganz aus Gold erbauten" Bergwerksstadt Berenike Pankrisia in der Nubischen Wüste führte.

      Castillos: A Reappraisal of the Published Evidence on Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Cemeteries.
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      • Reappraisal of the Published Evidence on Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Cemeteries
      • by J.J. Castillos
      • ca. 200 pages, with 1 map, 13 tables, sources. 1982, reduced price

      Castillos: A Study of the Spatial Distribution of Large and Richly Endowed Tombs in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Cemeteries. Paperback
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      • Study of the Spatial Distribution of Large and Richly Endowed Tombs in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Cemeteries. Paperback, 21.5x28cm.
      • by J.J. Castillos
      • 30 pages, tables, maps, reduced price

      Cathor: The Conservation of Wall Paintings. Paperback
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      • Conservation of Wall Paintings. Paperback. 21x29 cm. The conservation of some paintings, such as the Sistine Chapel, Central Asian Wall Paintings, and the Nefertari tomb are discussed. With a.o.: Preuser: Scientific and Technical Examination of the Tomb of Queen Nefertari at Thebes. 12 pages with text, 9 colour illustrations. A total of 149 pages, 60 color, 85 bw-illustrations, 21 Line Drawings. 1991
      • Edited by Sharon Cather

      Cauville: Dendara. Le fonds hiéroglyphique au temps de Cléopâtre. Broché
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      • Dendara. Le fonds hiéroglyphique au temps de Cléopâtre. Broché
      • S. Cauville
      • 259 pp, 19 x 28 cm. 2001

      Cauville: Dendara. Le temple d'Isis. Vol. I Traduction. Cloth
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      • Dendara. Le temple d'Isis. Vol. I, Traduction
      • S. Cauville 2009
      • xxii, 444 pages
      • Dans les deux présents volumes, le temple d'Isis est traduit et commenté. Font suite à la traduction l'index français des scènes d'offrandes et des dieux représentés dans le temple, ainsi que la reconstitution photographique des parois.
        Le temple d'Isis reproduisant en réduction celui d'Hathor, l'analyse de la décoration est éclairée et facilitée par la comparaison avec le grand temple. Hymnes, phraséologie, statues, le temple d'Hathor fut une magnifique bibliothèque d'emprunt pour les prêtres d'Isis.
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      Cauville: Dendara. Le temple d'Isis. Vol. II Analyse à la lumière du temple d'Hathor. Cloth
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      • Dendara. Le temple d'Isis. Vol. II Analyse à la lumière du temple d'Hathor
      • S. Cauville 2009
      • xxii, 418 pages
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      Cauville: Dendara. Les fêtes d'Hathor. Cloth
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      • Dendara. Les fêtes d'Hathor. Cloth / Gebunden
      • by S. Cauville
      • viii, 141 pages, planches 1-37, planches i-xlv. 2002. This volume focuses on the public holidays dedicated to Hathor. Based on three main calendrical sources, inscriptions and cult statues, the study looks at the holidays’ religious aspects (the nature and role of the deity) and the structure of proceedings (including processions and visits to chapels), both in general and with specific references to Hathor.

      Ceram: Das Buch der Pyramiden
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      • Buch der Pyramiden
      • C.W. Ceram
      • 190 Seiten, illustriert, 16 Farb-Tafeln

      Champollion, Sarofim Harlé: Egypt: Stones of Light. Hardcover
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      • Egypt: Stones of Light. Hardcover
      • by Hervé Champollion, text by Diane Sarofim Harlé
      • 144 pages, numerous colour illustrations (with explanation) 2004. A compelling visual record of the great monuments, temples, and palaces of ancient Egypt traces the history of one of the world's greatest ancient civilizations, documenting what these stone treasures reveal about the Egyptian religion, military campaigns, everyday life, royalty, and art

      Chauveau: Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. Hardcover
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      • Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. Hardcover
      • Michel Chauveau, translated from the French by David Lorton
      • viii, 104 pages, map, biblography, index, chronology of the Ptolemies. 2002. Attempts to correct the myths surrounding Cleopatra's personal and public lives by discussing such issues as her relationship with Mark Antony and the efforts she and others made to romanticize her own life

      Chauveau: Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. Paperback
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      • Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. Paperback
      • Michel Chauveau, translated from the French by David Lorton
      • viii, 104 pages, map, biblography, index, chronology of the Ptolemies. 2002. Attempts to correct the myths surrounding Cleopatra's personal and public lives by discussing such issues as her relationship with Mark Antony and the efforts she and others made to romanticize her own life

      Chauveau: Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra. Paperback
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      • Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society Under the Ptolemies. Paperback.
      • by Chauveau, Michel / Lorton, David (TRN)
      • vii, 226 pages, 44 illustrations. 2000. Coming to power just before the unstable state was about to be absorbed into an autocratic empire, Cleopatra oversaw not only Egypt's progress as an influential regional power, but also the fragile peace of its ethnically mixed population.

      Chubb: Nefertiti Lived Here. Paperback
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      • Nefertiti Lived Here. Paperback
      • by Mary Chubb. Illustrated by Ralph  Lavers. Volume editor: Peter Lacovara
      • 192 pages, 16 illustrations. 2001

      Clark: The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt: The Spiritual Practice Restored. Paperback
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      • Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt: The Spiritual Practice Restored. Paperback
      • by: Rosemary Clark
      • xxxii, 383 pages. 2003. In The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt, Rosemary Clark presents a comprehensive guide to a modern practice of ancient Egyptian theurgy. Included are daily rituals, annual ceremonies, and the founding of a temple tradition for either the sole practitioner or a gathering of celebrants.

      Clark: The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt. The Esoteric Wisdom Revealed. Paperback
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      • Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt. The Esoteric Wisdom Revealed. Paperback
      • Rosemary Clark
      • xxxv, 455 pages, 70 figures, 22 tables, 9 photos. Examines the esoteric tradition of Egypt though language, cosmology and temple life, showing that its sacred mandate was the transformation of the human condition into its original substance. The text includes practical exercises and a discussion of Egypt's revitalizing potential.

      Clark: Two Pharaohs: Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III. Paperback
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      • Two Pharaohs: Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III. Paperback (Note: Title on cover is Two Pharoahs)
      • by Philip R. Clark
      • 184 pages. 2007

      Clarke: Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture. Paperback
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      • Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture. Paperback
      • by Clarke, Somers / Engelbach, Reginald
      • 352 pages, with appendices, index and bibliography, 125 half-tones, 144 line illustrations
      • Reprint 1930 edition, 1990

      Clarysse: Keizers aan de Nijl. Grote paperback
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      • Keizers aan de Nijl. Grote paperback, ca. 24 x 30 cm
      • W. Clarysse
      • Deel 1: de mensen. Deel 2: de goden. Deel 3: katalogus. Totaal 344 pagina's, honderden kleuren- en zwartwit- foto's

      Clayton: Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Paperback
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      • Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Paperback
      • by Peter A. Clayton
      • 224 pages, 130 colour and 220 black-white illustrations. 2006. Biographical accounts of all the 170 or more known pharaohs. Lives and personalities of famous kings and Queens: Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ramesses the Great, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Cleopatra. A.s.o.

      Clayton: The Valley of the Kings: Digging Up the Past. Hardback
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      • Valley of the Kings. Digging Up the Past. Hardback. Ca. 4o.
      • Peter A. Clayton. 48 pages, with glossary, numerous colour illustrations, maps, time-lines etc. Provides a history of the Egyptian Valley of the Kings and the antiquities found there
      • not only for children, it is a nice informative book

      Cline, O'Connor: Thutmose III: A New Biography. Extensive treatment of this pivotal figure in the ancient Mediterranean world. Cloth
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      • Thutmose III: A New Biography. Extensive treatment of this pivotal figure in the ancient Mediterranean world. Cloth
      • edited by Eric H. Cline and David OConnor
      • 588 pages, 41 photographs, 20 drawings, 4 maps, 4 charts. 2006. Includes an overview of his life, detailed examinations of civil administration, the religion and cults, the monumental architecture and royal building program, royal tombs and iconography, royal portraiture and ideology, the artistic production, the Northern and Southern campaigns

      Cline: From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible. Paperback
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      • From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible. Paperback
      • by Eric H. Cline
      • xv, 239 pages, 40 photographs. 2008. Cline debunks many of the looney hypotheses that have been presented by others and, for the first time, places all of these stories securely in their archaeological and historical contexts, with language and presentation that will appeal to the popular reader and scholarly rigueur that will appeal to the academic.

      Coenen: De Papyrus Denon in het Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Den Haag
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      • Papyrus Denon in het Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, of 'het boek van het ademen van Isis'. Ca. 26x20 cm
      • M. Coenen and J. Quaegebeur
      • 140 pagina's, 32 afbeeldingen, woordverklaring, bibliografie, tijdtabel. Studie over één van de topstukken uit de Egyptische collectie: de papyrus van Vivant Denon met de tekst van Het Boek van het Ademen.

      Cohen: Amarna Diplomacy: Beginnings of International Relations. Paperback
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      • Amarna Diplomacy: Beginnings of International Relations. Paperback
      • edited by Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook
      • 307 pages, map, table of events. 2002. In 1887, a peasant woman stumbled across a 3000-year-old trove of cuneiform tablets in Amarna, Upper Egypt. The editors of this work have brought together a team of social scientists and ancient historians to explore the world of ancient Near Eastern statecraft portrayed in the letters.

      Colla: Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Paperback
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      • Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Paperback
      • by Elliott Colla
      • x, 345 pages. 2007

      Collins: From Egypt to Babylon: The International Age 1550-500BC. Hardback
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      • From Egypt to Babylon: The International Age 1550-500BC. Hardback
      • By Paul Collins
      • 208 pages, 150 colour illustrations. 2008. The ancient Egyptians, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Hittites, Canaanites, Hurrians, Aramaeans, Israelites, Urartians, Mannaeans, Assyrians, Phygians, Kassites, Chaldeans, Elamites, Scythians, Medes and Persians. An evocative list of peoples: but who were they?

      Collins: Gods of Eden. Egypt's Lost Legacy and the Genesis of Civilization. Paperback
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      • Gods of Eden. Egypt's Lost Legacy and the Genesis of Civilization. Paperback
      • by Andrew Collins
      • x, 372 pages, with notes, bibliography, index, many illustrations (16 pages of plates)
      • 1998, 2002

      Collins: Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy. The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
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      • Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy. The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
      • by Andrew Collins and Chris Ogilvie-Herald. 400 pages, 12 pages photo's. 2003. Everyone knows about the troubles which beset the remarkable find of the tomb of Tutankhamun. But less well known is the discovery of papyri relating to the Biblical story of the Exodus which questioned Israel's rights in Palestine and could have had a catastrophic influence on world events

      Collins: Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy. The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery. Cloth
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      • Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy. The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery. Cloth
      • by Andrew Collins and Chris Ogilvie-Herald
      • 349 pages text, 12 pages with photo's. Everyone knows about the troubles which beset the remarkable find of the tomb of Tutankhamun. But less well known is the discovery of papyri relating to the Biblical story of the Exodus which questioned Israel's rights in Palestine and could have had a catastrophic influence on world events

      Constantine: Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra. Paperback
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      • Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra. Paperback
      • Storm Constantine & Elois Coquio
      • 320 pages, with 12 illustrations. I: Pleasures of the Gods, II: Useful Addresses. 2006

      Cooke: Osiris: A Study in Myths, Mysteries and Religion. Ca. A5
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      • Osiris: A Study in Myths, Mysteries and Religion
      • Harold P. Cooke, M.A.
      • 160 pages, 1 illustration

      Corcoran: Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt. Paperback
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      • Herakleides: A Portrait Mummy from Roman Egypt
      • Lorelei Corcoran 2011
      • Paperback, 104 pages, 50 colour & 20 b&w illustrations, 235 x 190 mm
      • This is a fascinating multi-disciplinary study of the mummified remains of a young man who died nearly 2,000 years ago in Roman Egypt. Herakleides was a young man who lived and died in Roman Egypt almost two thousand years ago. This multidisciplinary study highlights the funerary practices and religious beliefs of his world. The book concludes by comparing the data from the mummy of Herakleides to similarly decorated red-shrouded portrait mummies in collections worldwide.
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      Corteggiani: Pyramids of Giza: Facts, Legends and Mysteries. Paperback
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      • Pyramids of Giza: Facts, Legends and Mysteries.
      • J.P. Corteggiani 2007
      • Paperback, 128 pages, 127 illustrations, 81 in colour, 177 x 125 mm
      • This pocket-sized, profusely illustrated book separates fact from fiction to tell the ongoing story of the Great Pyramids.
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