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Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries. Ca. 27x22cm

by Normandi Ellis

172 pages, bibliography, index, many illustrations. 1999. Provides information on the Egyptian goddesses and their festivals, including Isis and Hathor, Neith the cobra, and Bast the cat, and includes information on astrology, sacred plants, aromatics, and birth and mourning rituals

Graeco-Roman Egypt. Paperback

by Simon P. Ellis

56 pages, index, 40 illustrations, map. This book portrays Egyptian society in Greek and Roman times (332 BC to AD 395), with its concerns about finance, family and friends, to which the modern reader can easily relate. It covers settlements from the great cosmopolitan, if unruly, city of Alexandria, to small villages

K2. Quest of the Gods

by Ralph Ellis

Ptolemy of Egypt. Hardback

104 pages, 3 maps, 24 plates, chronological table, glossary of personal names, notes, bibliography, index. 1993. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. He encouraged the erection of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as well as creating a library which eventually contained the greatest collection of books until relatively recent times.

Solomon, Falcon of Sheba: The Tombs of King David, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Discovered. Paperback

by Ralph D. Ellis

xvi, 384 pages, colour plates. 2003

Tempest and Exodus. Tempest & Exodus: The Biblical Exodus Inscribed on an Ancient Egyptian Stele. Paperback

xiv, 269 pages, 8 colour plates. Whilst working on a new edition of Jesus, Last of the Pharaohs, Ralph Ellis discovered a biblical quotation on an ancient stele. The quotation appears to be two accounts of a conference in Egypt, discussing the way in which the biblical Exodus should be organized.

Von Berlin nach Meroe. Erinnerungen an den Ägyptologen Fritz Hintze (1915–1993) Asien- und Afrikastudien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 3, gebunden

E. Endesfelder u.a.

111 Seiten, mit 1 Abbildung. 2003. Bibliographie von Fritz Hintze, Namenregister

Classical Cats: The rise and fall of the sacred cat. Cloth

Donald W Engels

227 pages, notes, bibliography, index, richly illustrated. 1999. This title charts the history and significance of the cat from ancient Egypt to the middle ages, exploring such phenomena as the worship of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet, the infamous cat massacres and witch hunts of the 13th century and the role of the cat in combating disease and starvation.

Classical Cats: The rise and fall of the sacred cat. Paperback

Donald W. Engels

227 pages, richly illustrated. 1999. This title charts the history and significance of the cat from ancient Egypt to the middle ages, exploring such phenomena as the worship of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet, the infamous cat massacres and witch hunts of the 13th century and the role of the cat in combating disease and starvation.

Patente der Pharaonen. Neueste Entdeckungen zur Hochtechnologie der alten Ägypter. Gebunden

Erdogan Ercivan

256 Seiten, 57 farbigen Fotos. 2006. Das verloren gegangene technische Wissen der alten Ägypter in einer spannenden Neuinterpretation. Ercivan stellt nach akribischen Recherchen die angeblichen Erfindungen der Moderne in ein völlig neues Licht. Er rekonstruiert, was es einstmals längst gegeben hat und wie das reiche Wissen der Antike wieder verloren ging.

Ägypten. Eine Reise zu Mythos und Gegenwart am Nil. 24,5x30 cm. Gebunden

Dominique Escartin. Vorwort von Christiane Desroches Noblecourt. Texte von Florence Maruéjol

Mit 35 SW- und 103 Farbtafeln. 2008. Dominique Escartin, Fotograf und Sammler alter Fotografien aus Ägypten, bereist das Land am Nil seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren. Seine eigenen Aufnahmen hat er durch Bilder berühmter Ägyptenreisender des 19. Jahrhunderts ergänzt.

Sphinx aus Papier. Ägypten im französischen Reisebericht von der Aufklärung bis zum Symbolismus

Frank Estelmann

viii, 447 Seiten. 2007