The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I. From the Earliest Times to the End of the Middle Kingdom; II. The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). [TWO VOLUMES].
by Hayes, William C
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 399, with 299 figures; xv, 496, with 275. Each volume with a frontispiece and a folding map. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, different colour plate mounted on each cover, gilt lettering, with good, price-clipped dust-jackets, one is slightly worn at edges; first free endpaper of one volume bit soiled at edges. Both volumes are in a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to first blank of volume I. 003-3
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- The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I. From the Earliest Times to the End of the Middle Kingdom; II. The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). [TWO VOLUMES].
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- Hayes, William C
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- Hardcover
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- Used - .
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EXCAVATIONS EXPLORATION EXPLORATIONS SURVEY SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGICAL GEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY STUDIES NEAR FAR EAST GREECE GREEK ROME ROMAN EGYPT MEDIEVAL POSTMEDIAEVAL HISTORY P E
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- Archaeology: Ancient Egypt; Egyptology;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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