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Meyerson: In the Valley of the Kings : Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb. Hardback

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  • In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
  • Daniel Meyerson
  • Hardback, 240 pages, illustrations, 210 x 143 mm, 431 grams
  • 2009
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Macauly: Wo die Pyramiden stehen. Gebunden

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  • Wo die Pyramiden stehen. 31 cm. Gebunden
  • David Macaulay
  • 77 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Zeichnungen. 2002

MacDonald: Women in Ancient Egypt. Hardback.

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  • Women in Ancient Egypt. Hardback. 22x29cm
  • by Fiona MacDonald
  • 48 pages, many colour illustrations, glossary, index. Quotes from pieces of writing, ancient artefacts and case studies reveal the important roles that some women played in the history of Ancient Egypt. A few, like Queen Nefertiti and Cleopatra, changed the course of history. For children, 9-12

MacQueen: The Hittites and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor. Revised edition. Paperback

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  • Hittites and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor. Revised edition. Paperback
  • J.G. MacQueen
  • 176 pages, notes, bibliography, index, 148 illustrations. 1997. This study investigates the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals that were vital to their success and their relationship with their contemporaries in the Aegean world. It describes excavations, particularly those at the temples and defensive ramparts of the Hittite capital at Hattusa

Macurdy: Hellenistic Queens. A Study of Women-Power in Macedonia, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt. Paperback

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  • Hellenistic Queens. A Study of Women-Power in Macedonia, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt. Paperback
  • by Grace Harriet Macurdy
  • 250 pages text, bibliography, index, 11 pages illustrations. Reprint 1932 edition

Magi: Art and History of Luxor: Karnak: The Valley of the Kings. Paperback

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  • Art and History of Luxor: Karnak: The Valley of the Kings. Paperback
  • By Govanna Magi. 160 pages, Colour illustrations. 01/06/2009

Mahdy: Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Paperback

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  • Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
  • by Christine El Mahdy
  • 192 pages, with 22 colour and 133 black-white illustrations. 2002. Describes the origins and purpose of mummification, clears up misconceptions about mummies, and looks at recent scientific studies.

Mahdy: Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of a Boy King. Cloth

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  • Tutankhamen. The Life and Death of a Boy King. Cloth
  • by Christine El-Mahdy
  • 342 pages, 16 pages with colour illustrations, index. 2000. Three and a half thousand years ago in Egypt, a little boy was crowned Pharaoh. Nine years later, he was dead. After a hasty and secretive burial, Tutankhamen lay in peace until 1922.

Mahdy: Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of a Boy King. Hardback

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  • Tutankhamen. The Life and Death of a Boy King. Hardback
  • by Christine El-Mahdy
  • 342 pages, index, 16 pages with colour illustrations. 2000. Three and a half thousand years ago in Egypt, a little boy was crowned Pharaoh. Nine years later, he was dead. After a hasty and secretive burial, Tutankhamen lay in peace until 1922.

Mahfouz: Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth. A Novel. Paperback

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  • Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth. A Novel. Paperback
  • by Naguib Mahfouz. 168 pages. 1998. After the death of Akhenaten, a young man searches for the truth about the "heretic pharaoh, interviewing Akhenaten's closest friends, most dangerous enemies, and even his enigmatic wife, Nefertiti, about the remarkable leader of ancient Egypt, in a fictional portrait of the eighteenthdynasty pharaoh

Mahi: Zooarchaeology in the Middle Nile Valley: A Study of Four Neolithic Sites near Khartoum. Paperback

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  • Zooarchaeology in the Middle Nile Valley: A Study of four Neolithic Sites near Khartoum. Paperback
  • by Ali Tigani el-Mahi
  • 154 pages, including 20 plates. 1988

Maiberger: Das Manna. Eine Literarische, Etymologische und Naturkundliche Untersuchung. 2 Bände. A4, broschiert

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  • Manna. Eine Literarische, Etymologische und Naturkundliche Untersuchung. 2 Bände. A4, broschiert
  • Paul Maiberger
  • Band 1: Text. Band 2: Anmerkungen. Zusammen: xix, iv, 820 Seiten. 1983

Maisels: Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China. Cloth

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  • Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China. Cloth
  • Charles Keith Maisels
  • 479 pages, many figures, tables, glossary, notes, index, bibliography. 1999. Tracing the development of civilization in Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China, this text provides coverage from the Neolithic period to the emergence of the State.

Maisels: Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China. Paperback

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  • Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China. Paperback
  • by Charles Keith Maisels
  • 479 pages. 2001. This text provides coverage from the Neolithic period to the emergence of the State

Maisels: The Near East: Archaeology in the Craddle of Civilization. Paperback

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  • Near East: Archaeology in the 'Craddle of Civilization'. Paperback
  • by Charles Keith Maisels
  • xii, 241 pages, many figures, plates, map, tables. 1993, 1998. Charles Maisels follows the course of discovery of "the land between the rivers" over more than a century, to our present conclusions - very different from the first discoveries.

Malam: Exploring Ancient Egypt. Hardback

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  • Exploring Ancient Egypt. Hardback
  • John Malam
  • 40 pages, many colour illustrations. 1997. Offers an introduction to early Egyptian civilization, offering bits of information on their culture, clothing, rulers, and hieroglyphics, and includes a timeline which puts Egyptian life in relation to important events occurring in other parts of the world

Malek: Egyptian Art. Paperback

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  • Egyptian Art. Paperback
  • Jaromir Malek
  • 447 pages, 255 colour and 17 b&w illustrations. 1999. From the geometrical precision of the great pyramids at Giza to the golden treasures found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, the products of the Egyptian civilization attract and intrigue.

Malek: The Cat in Ancient Egypt. 2nd edition. Paperback

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  • Cat in Ancient Egypt. 2nd edition. Paperback
  • by Jaromir Malek
  • 144 pages, chronological chart, bibliography, many bw and colour illustrations. 2006

Malkowski: The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness. Paperback

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  • Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness. Paperback
  • by Edward F. Malkowski
  • 426 pages. 2007

Manassa: The Late Egyptian Underworld Sarcophagi and Related Texts from the Nectanebid Period. 2 Volumes. A4. Hardcover

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  • Late Egyptian Underworld Sarcophagi and Related Texts from the Nectanebid Period. In 2 volumes. Hardcover. A4
  • Colleen Manassa. Part I: Sacophagi and Texts, Part II: Plates. 900 pages. 2008. Despite the variety of the temple decoration during the 30. Dynasty,little is known about the theology of funeral rituals and conceptions of the afterlife during the reigns of Nectanebo I and especially during that Nectanebo II.

Mancini: Ancient Egyptian Wisdom for the Internet: Ancient Egyptian Justice and Ancient Roman Law Applied To The Internet. Paperback

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  • Ancient Egyptian Wisdom for the Internet: Ancient Egyptian Justice and Ancient Roman Law Applied to the Internet. Paperback. By Anna Mancini
  • xi, 158 pages. 2002. Lawyers from Ancient civilizations were very concerned about the intangible world, and cyberspace is also an intangible world. That is why it is interesting to explore the legal wisdom of ancient Rome and Egypt with reference to the Internet.

Manniche: An Ancient Egyptian Herbal. Revised edition. Paperback

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  • Ancient Egyptian Herbal. Paperback
  • Lise Manniche
  • 184 pages, 120 illustrations. 2006. The ancient Egyptians were skilled in the use of herbs and spices for medicines, cooking, cosmetics, perfumes and many other purposes. Drawing on texts written by the Egyptians and their neighbours, and on works by classical authors and the Copts, Lise Manniche has reconstructed a herbal of 94 species of plants and trees used from before the pharaohs to the Coptic period.

Manning: Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt. The Structure of Land Tenure. Hardcover

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  • Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt. The Structure of Land Tenure. Hardcover (no dustcover)
  • by J.G. Manning
  • 360 pages, 13 tables, 6 graphs, 5 figures, 2 maps. 2003. This history of land tenure under the Ptolemies explores the relationship between the new Ptolemaic state and the ancient traditions of landholding and tenure. Departing from the traditional emphasis on the Fayyum, it offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state, and thus of the economy as a whole.

Manning: The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Cloth

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  • Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Cloth
  • J.G. Manning. 282 pages, 16 halftones. 2 tables. 2009. The history of Ptolemaic Egypt has usually been doubly isolated - separated both from the history of other Hellenistic states and from the history of ancient Egypt. First detailed history of Ptolemaic Egypt as a state, departs radically from previous studies by putting the Ptolemaic state firmly in the context of both Hellenistic and Egyptian history.
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Mark: From Egypt to Mesopotamia. A Study of Predynastic Trade Routes. Paperback

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  • From Egypt to Mesopotamia. A Study of Predynastic Trade Routes. Paperback
  • by Samuel Mark
  • 181 pages, 57 figures, 2 tables. 2006. By plotting the respective distributions of their artefacts, motifs and raw materials, this book reconstructs the seaborne trade routes that were the means of contact between the two great early centres of human civilization, Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Markoe, 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. ca.24x31cm
  • Glenn Markoe and Anne K. Capel
  • 235 pages, 117 color plates, 112 bw illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. 1997

Markowitz, Haynes, Freed: Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Paperback

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  • Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition
  • by Yvonne Markowitz, Joyce L. Haynes, Rita E. Freed
  • Supporting the color photographs of objects are a chronology, maps, essays on the period and on excavating Giza, appendices detailing two example analyses, and a glossary without pronunciation. 2002

Martin: The Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Paperback

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  • Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Paperback
  • by Geoffrey Thorndike Martin
  • 216 pages, 128 bw illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, map. 1992. Describes discoveries made since 1976 at Saqqarah outside of Memphis, and the light they shed on ancient Egyptian society.

Massey: Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Mysteries of Amenta. Paperback

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  • Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Mysteries of Amenta. Paperback, ca. 17x21cm
  • Gerald Massey
  • 126 pages. reprint 1907 edition. The Egyptian Book of the Dead contains the oldest known religious writings in the world and a key to the Ancient Mysteries

Masters: Goddess Sekhmet: Psychospiritual Exercises of the Fifth Way. Paperback

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  • Goddess Sekhmet: Psychospiritual Exercises of the Fifth Way. Paperback
  • by R. Masters
  • 234 pages, many illustrations. 2002

Mawet: D'Imhotep à Copernic. Astronomie et mathématiques des origines orientales au moyen âge

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  • Imhotep à Copernic. Astronomie et mathématiques des origines orientales au moyen âge
  • editors Fr. Mawet et Ph. Talon
  • 158 pp. 1992. Actes du Colloque International Université Libre de Bruxelles 3-4 novembre 1989

McConkie: The Ten Lost Tribes: A People of Destiny. An Account of Assyrian Conquest and Israelite Captivity. Paperback

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  • Ten Lost Tribes: A People of Destiny. An Account of Assyrian Conquest and Israelite Captivity. Paperback
  • by Clay McConkie
  • 144 pages. 2002. Somewhere on the earth in a place traditionally known as The Land of the North, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel exist as a nation. They are not intermingled among the different countries of the world, as some might suppose, but are living as a separate group of people at an undisclosed location.

McDermott: Death in Ancient Egypt. Hardback

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  • Death in Ancient Egypt. Hardback
  • Bridget McDermott. 240 pages, illustrtions throughout. 2006. Looking beyond the stereotypes of pyramids and mummies, this volume explores all aspects of the beliefs and customs of ancient Egyptians such as their fear of dying abroad, funerary festivals including the celebration of the beautiful dead, and preservation spells.

McDermott: Warfare in Ancient Egypt. Hardcover

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  • Warfare in Ancient Egypt. Hardcover
  • Bridget McDermott
  • 256 pages, with 80 illustrations. 2004. In a book that brings new insights into both military history and the history of ancient Egyptian civilisations, Bridget McDermott surveys 3000 years of continuous development of arms and armour, beginning with the early predynastic culture and ending in the totalitarian supremacy of the New Kingdom.

McDonald: Ancient Egyptian Animals. Hardback

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  • McDonald: Ancient Egyptian Animals. Hardback
  • Angela McDonald
  • 48 pages, 55 illustrations. 2004. Not all animals were admired, or useful: dangerous or venomous creatures such as crocodiles and scorpions were an ever-present hazard to ancient Egyptians living and working around the river Nile. Domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and poultry were vital to ancient Egyptian agriculture, and oxen, horses and donkeys provided transport. The Egyptians admired many animals simply for their beauty or character

McDonald: House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari. Paperback

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  • House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari. Paperback
  • John K. McDonald
  • 116 pages, 12 bw and 89 colour illustrations. 1996. Over 3000 years ago, Nefertari, the favourite queen of Ramesses II, was buried in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. This guide to each chamber describes the hieroglyphic messages depicted in the wall paintings, and discusses the images within the context of religious beliefs.

McDowell: Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs. Paperback

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  • Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs. Paperback.
  • by A.G. McDowell
  • 304  pages. 2002. Deir el-Medina, the village of the workmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, is a uniquely rich source of information about life in Egypt between 1539 and 1075 BC.

McFarlane: The God Min to the End of the Old Kingdom. Paperback

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  • God Min to the End of the Old Kingdom. Paperback
  • Ann McFarlane
  • 404 pages, 4 plates, many figures, index, bibliography. 1995. A study of the texts and artifacts which pertain to the background and development of the cult of Min. One of the oldest and most important gods, his primary role was related to the perpetuation of agricultural prosperity, and the renewal of kingship powers.

McKenzie: The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt 300 B.C.--A.D. 700. Cloth

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  • Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt 300 B.C.--A.D. 700. Cloth. 285 x 215
  • Judith McKenzie
  • 416 pages. 350 b/w and 150 color illustrations. 2007. This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium, from the city’s founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642.

Meeks: Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods. Paperback

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  • Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods. Paperback
  • by Dimitri Meeks and Christine Favard-Meeks
  • 288 pages, 24 illustrations. 1996

Meinardus: Monks and Monasteries of the Egyptian Deserts. Revised edition. Paperback

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  • Monks and Monasteries of the Egyptian Deserts. Revised edition. Paperback
  • Otto F.A. Meinardus
  • xvii, 245 pages, 3 maps and many other illustrations. 1989

Merian: Das Monatsheft der Städte und Landschaften: Ägypten. Kartoniert

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  • Merian, Das Monatsheft der Städte und Landschaften: Ägypten. 27 cm
  • Margot Weber, und viele Anderen
  • 146 Seiten. Zahlreiche meist farbigen Fotos und Abbildungen, 1 farbige Faltkarte. 2001

Mertz: Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs. Hardcover

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  • Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt. Hardcover
  • by Barbara Mertz
  • 335 pages, glossary, index, chronology, illustrated with maps, photographs, and drawings

Meskell: Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class et cetera in Ancient Egypt. Paperback

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  • Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class et cetera in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
  • Lynn Meskell
  • 260 pages, 27 figures. 1999. This text offers a perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. It provides discussions of topics of debate including issues of identity, whilst addressing some traditional questions in archaeology about society and self, and examines ordinary life rather than focusing on the pharaohs and elite.

Meskell: Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt: Material Biographies Past and Present. Paperback

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  • Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt: Material Biographies Past and Present. Paperback
  • by Lynn Meskell
  • xii, 248 pages, with 30 illustrations. 2004. Drawing on a wide range of objects, artefacts and artwork, from the Valley of the Kings to Las Vegas, the author provides an analysis of the aesthetics of ancient Egyptian culture and looks into some of its more intriguing mysteries, including our ongoing fascination with it.

Meskell: Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt. Hardback

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  • Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt. Hardback
  • Author Lynn Meskall
  • 288 pages. 2002. Drawing on archeological, iconographic and textual evidence as well as theoretical innovations, this text reconstructs the private and social life of everyday people living in the New Kingdom

Meyer: Ancient Christian Magic. Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Paperback

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  • Ancient Christian Magic. Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Paperback
  • edited by Marvin W. Meyer and Richard Smith
  • 432 pages, 10 line drawings, 10 halftones. 1999. This collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, healing practices, and incantory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity giving rise to the Dead Sea Scrolls. They include curses, spells of protection and recipes from a magical "cookbook".

Michell: The New View over Atlantis. New edition. Paperback

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  • New View over Atlantis. New edition. Paperback
  • John Michell
  • 224 pages, with 82 illustrations, index. 1986, 2001
  • An introduction to megalithic science, earth mysteries and the inner meaning of number and measure. It supports the theory that at one time, many thousands of years ago, there was a world-wide sophisticated civilization which Plato referred to as Atlantis

Midant-Reynes: The Prehistory of Egypt: From the First Egyptians to the First Pharaohs. Paperback

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  • Prehistory of Egypt: From the First Egyptians to the First Pharaohs. Paperback
  • by B. Midant-Reynes
  • xiii, 328 pages, with 22 figures, 4 charts, 5 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. 1999

Mielsch: Römisches Silber aus Ägypten in Berlin

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  • Römisches Silber aus Ägypten in Berlin. 31 cm
  • Harald Mielsch und Barbara Niemeyer. Mit Beiträge von William M. Brashear und Brigitte Galsterer.
  • 91 Seiten, mit 63 zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen. 2001