The Treasures Of Tutankhamun And The Egyptian Museum In Cairo

by Alessia Amenta, Araldo De Luca (Photographer)

The boy pharaoh's vast store of tomb goods has intrigued the world not only for what it reveals, but also for the questions it raises about life in ancient Egypt. Interest in the pharaohs will rise again this year to meet the beginning of a two-year tour of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"-an exhibition of over 130 objects rarely seen outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.The museum's immense art and archaeological heritage comes alive, providing a broad background for those interested in the story of King Tutankhamun and in Egypt's past from the formation of the first unitary state in the Nile Valley to the Roman conquest. Complete with comprehensive descriptions of the famous grave goods of Tutankhamun and the treasures of Tanis, the book dedicates ample space to the pyramid sites of Giza, Saqqarah, and Dahshur, the royal tombs of Thebes, and the temple of Karnak. Here is an authoritative and elegant itinerary through the world's greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities in one volume.

Genres: Egypt, Art, History, Historical, Nonfiction

279 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2005

Reviews

[Wendelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

a lavish photobook featuring the great collections of the Cairo Museum.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I practically keeled over when I got this book, which is originally somewhere in the ballpark of $50. I got it for 75% less than that and have enjoyed it ever since, particularly the images, some of which are printed on black pages, the likes of which have to be handled with care or else you will get finger prints all over the page. This is the only criticism that I can think of.

Although it's not nearly as fun as the actual experience in seeing these artifacts at the Cairo Museum in Egypt, the book is exciting. Some of the artifacts chronicled in this rather weighty book have traveled in the 2006 Tutankhamun exhibit, so they have not been exclusively hidden away from people who haven't had the chance to see them in their native setting. They are truly beautiful up close, though.

There are quite a few artifacts pictured and described in Treasures that I have never seen in any ordinary Egyptology books (and I have seen quite a few of those kinds of books). So, veteran Egyptologists (who are only library goers and not archaeologists), will gasp and rejoice at the discovery of what they might consider newly seen artifacts.

[Sharidan]

AMAZINGA!!