Tutankhamen : life and death of a pharaoh / Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt ; with 75 color photographs by F.L. Kenett ; preface by Sarwat Okasha ; notes on the color plates by A. Shoukry.
This volume will occupy a place of honour in the future amongst the revelatory moments which history vouchsafes from time to time when it lifts for a moment the mysterious curtain which has hidden from our eyes a representative individual or a significant episode in man's experience. Could anyt...
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| Language: | English French |
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[New York] :
New York Graphic Society,
[1963]
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| Summary: | This volume will occupy a place of honour in the future amongst the revelatory moments which history vouchsafes from time to time when it lifts for a moment the mysterious curtain which has hidden from our eyes a representative individual or a significant episode in man's experience. Could anything be more stirring to the imagination than the burial treasure of the romantic young king Tutankhamen who died prematurely after a short but sumptuous reign? |
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| Physical Description: | 312 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps, plans ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0821201514 9780821201510 |