Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization presents in magnificent colour some of the finest photographs ever taken of Egypt’s monuments and fabulous treasures – now available in a user-friendly, compact format at an astonishingly low price.
Here are the pyramids of Giza and Saqqara, and the temples and tombs of Thebes. Here too are the less well-known sites and cities of the Delta, the Faiyum, Sinai and Nubia. The stunning images are accompanied by a wide-ranging text, giving an overview of 5,000 years of Egyptian history from the first pharaohs to the modern republic.
Each location, from Tanis to Abu Simbel, is illustrated by a site plan and photographs of the principal structures and objects from the site, allowing these extraordinary works of art to be appreciated in their original setting. Specially commissioned cross-sectional diagrams – including reconstructions of the tombs of Tutankhamun, Sethos I and Queen Nefertari – a double fold-out map of the course of the Nile and an illustrated glossary complete this panoramic study of Egyptian civilization.