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Who built the pyramids? What were the secrets of mummification? Which treasures were selected for the afterlife and why? For centuries, Egypt's pharaohs have kept these secrets to themselves-- until now.

A discussion of funerary procedures in ancient Egypt, covering mummification, burial practices, ritual texts, tombs and coffins, and other topics, and including background on Egyptian history and religion, a chart of the hieroglyphic alphabet, and other resources.

Reveals the history of ancient Egypt through the great archaeological discoveries, from the pre-dynastic period to the Graeco-Roman era. "Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries highlights everything important and fascinating in Egyptian archaeology from 1799 - the year of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon's Expedition - up to the present-day excavations of Zahi Hawass in the Valley of the Golden Mummies. Some finds are world famous: the...

British Colonel's first-hand analysis of the military operations and make-shift strategy employed in the Anglo-French and Israeli expedition against Egypt in 1956.

Study of the early pyramid pharaohs and their monuments. Includes a chronological list of 42 pyramid pharaohs.

"Some of the first mummies, monumental sculptures, and other ancient Egyptian artifacts to come to America became part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's holdings as early as 1872. Today, the MFA's Egyptian collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. This volume features over one hundred of the most important of these objects, with texts by three prominent Egyptologists. Introductions to each major period of ancient Egyptian...

Since this book is intended above all to put the 1956 crisis back within a framework that has existed since 1869, and since the influence of the crisis is still being felt, the account could be developed only in the following manner: What we call "The Clouds Gather" includes the story of Egypt's political evolution and its consequences for the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (later known as Compagnie Financière de Suez) in the ten...