Product Description: The discovery in 1995 that a long-ignored doorway in the Valley of the Kings was actually the entrance to the largest tomb ever found in Egypt made headlines around the world. Called KV5, it contains over 150 corridors and chambers, and was used as a family mausoleum for several sons of the New Kingdom pharaoh, Ramesses II...read more

A fully detailed explanation by one of the world's leading Egyptologists is enhanced by spectacular photographs and accompanied by easy-to-read histories, descriptions, plans, and drawings that will prepare any visitor for the splendors to be savored later in person.

Product Description: Here is a thorough, easy-to-use guide to the vast and stunning collection of art and antiquities found in Egypt's archaeological paradise, the Valley of the Kings. The Tomb of Tutankhamun and its contents are featured prominently, as are the temples of Luxor and Karnak, the dromos, the Luxor Museum, the Chapel of Achoris, the Valley of Asasif, the Ramesseum, the Valley of the Queens, and the Colossi of Memnon...read more

Product Description: "The scale and richness of the tombs and temples on the banks of the Nile at Luxor have attracted and fascinated travelers for thousands of years. Now finally comes the vade mecum that generations of visitors would have loved to have...read more

Product Description: The result of twenty years of work, the Atlas of the Valley of the Kings provides the first detailed surveyed maps and plans ever produced of one of the most famous World Heritage sites. From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the recently-discovered tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, all of the significant and accessible tombs in the valley are included...read more

Describes and interprets the burials from the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, including the Valleys of the Kings and of the Queens, royal mortuary temples, and the tombs of nobles.

Describes and interprets the burials from the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, including the Valleys of the Kings and of the Queens, royal mortuary temples, and the tombs of nobles.

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Product Description: For each tomb, this boxed edition Atlas provides detailed surveyed maps and plans of perhaps the most famous World Heritage site. From the tomb of Tutankhamon to the recently discovered tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, all of the significant and accessible tombs in the valley are included, giving 1:125 plans, sections, and three-dimensional isometric drawings...read more

A renowned Egyptologist offers a detailed account of his discovery of the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, the largest Egyptian burial site yet discovered, discussing the natural and human threats to the project, and including fascinating photographs. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

The greatest discovery at the Valley of the Kings since Tutankhamen - by the Egyptologist who made the find

Provides an account of the recent archaeological discovery of the burial site of the sons of Ramesses II, with a detailed description of the events of the excavation as they unfolded, illustrations of the drawings found inside the hallways, and color photos of their finds. 150,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The G 6000 section of the Old Kingdom Cemetery at Giza contains over sixty tombs, many of which were excavated by George Reisner in the 1920s and were subsequently re-investigated in the 1970s by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts...read more

Product Description: This bibliography contains 2,515 entries covering scholarship from the whole gamut of disciplines over the last two centuries. A selective guide to some of the more important subjects is included in the introduction.

Product Description: An illustrated report on the 1963 excavation of a town in Lower Nubia which dated to the Christian Period which reached its zenith between c.AD 850 and 1100. Includes a general discussion of the town's history and its relations with Egypt and the rest of Nubia.