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Excavations at Sakkara Great Tombs of the First Dynasty II by Walter B Emery - 1954
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Excavations at Sakkara Great Tombs of the First Dynasty II
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London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1954. Excellent book on exploring the tombs of the first Egyptian Dynasty. 171 pages of informative text accompanied by 65 full page plates of some photographs and B/w illustrationsplus many B/w illustrations in the text. Book is very clean and bright with original glassine cover around it, this is a little worn and creased but has protected the book beautifully, previous owners name plate on inside front board. HEAVY BOOK 1-5 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. .A really nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Paper Boards Buckram Spine. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 ¼ x 10 Inches. Hardcover.
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Social Life In Egypt - A Description of the Country and Its People
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Souvenir of Egypt : Monuments, Temples, Mosques, and Scenes from Every-Day (Everyday) Life
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Cairo, [Egypt]: George Ch. Dovas, 1898. An unusually nice copy. Very Good++ condition. SEE PHOTOS. Handsomely bound in the original red pebble-grained cloth (imitation leather), with blind-stamped rectangular borders and gilt titles on the front cover and spine. On the cover are gold-stamped images of the sphinx (sphynx) and a pyramid. All gilt stamping is still bright and shiny. Original yellow (silk?) endpapers are a bit speckled but all other pages are creamy white, clean and unmarked with NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. No date of publication (but copyright 1898). Hinges are perfect. Oblong Hardcover. 11" wide by 8" tall. All edges gilt. This souvenir photo-album has 109 leaves, mostly printed on the rectos only (i.e. versos are usually blank). Most of the photos are full-page. One, a "General View of Cairo from the Heights near the Tombs of the Khalifs" is a double-page panorama that measures 21 inches across. These photos recapture images of the…
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WONDERFUL EGYPT: 48 ARTISTIC PICTURES IN HELIOGRAVURE
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Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes
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London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account, twenty third year 1917. Number 32 in their list of publications. 7pp with sixty one plates. Bookplate of The Chester Archaeological Society to front pastedown. Signature of G.W.Haswell to the title page, a published member of the Society. The binding is clean and strong.
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Dialogue Of The Tired Of Life (Ancient Egyptian Text , A Dialogue On Suicide, In P. Berlin 3024)
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Cairo, [Egypt]: George Ch. Dovas, 1898. An unusually nice copy. Very Good++ condition. SEE PHOTOS. Handsomely bound in the original red pebble-grained cloth (imitation leather), with blind-stamped rectangular borders and gilt titles on the front cover and spine. On the cover are gold-stamped images of the sphinx (sphynx) and a pyramid. All gilt stamping is still bright and shiny. Original yellow (silk?) endpapers are a bit speckled but all other pages are creamy white, clean and unmarked with NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. No date of publication (but copyright 1898). Hinges are perfect. Oblong Hardcover. 11" wide by 8" tall. All edges gilt. This souvenir photo-album has 109 leaves, mostly printed on the rectos only (i.e. versos are usually blank). Most of the photos are full-page. One, a "General View of Cairo from the Heights near the Tombs of the Khalifs" is a double-page panorama that measures 21 inches across. These photos recapture images of the…
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Dialogue Of The Tired Of Life (Ancient Egyptian Text , A Dialogue On Suicide, In P. Berlin 3024)
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Excavations At Sakkara [Saqqara]: Great Tombs of the First Dynasty, III
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Excavations at Sakkara [Saqqara]: Great Tombs of the First Dynasty, II. (Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte).
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Hommages à La Mémoire De Serge Sauneron 1927-1976: II: Égypte Post-Pharaonique
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Institut Français dArchéologie orientale du Caire 1979-01-01. Post-Pharaonique. 1979 edition. Very rare second volume. Book is very heavy and will incur a postal surcharge. Text is in French . Good. Paperback. 1979.
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The Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt. Tenth edn.: Notes for Travellers in Egypt [650]
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The Duties of the Vizier : Civil Administration in the Early New Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom: Kegan Paul International, 1988. 399 pages plus 7 b/w plates. Our knowledge of the role played by the Vizier, first assistant of Pharaoh and head of the Egyptian civil administration, is derived largely from a New Kingdom text preserved in four Theban tombs. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization 1: Being a History of Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the Beginning to our Own Day; with an Introduction on the Nature and Foundations of Civilization.
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Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs by Sir Alan Gardiner
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EGYPTIAN RAILWAYS IN 125 YEARS 1852-1977
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