Ask a question or
Order this book


Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info


Sir Alan Gardiner - Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

Title: Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction
Description: Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First published 1961, corrected edition issued later that same year. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, seventeen figures in the text, and three maps. Collated complete. Tracing the fortunes of Ancient Egypt from the earliest of times to Alexander the Great, with attention to discoveries such as Champollion's decipherment of the hieroglyphs, Mariette's unearthing of the Serapeum, and Carter's finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Written by Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Keywords: Egypt Pharaohs Gardiner Pharaohs None

Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 908T92

See more books from our catalog: World History