Pharaoh's Flowers

Informationen zum Autor F. Nigel Hepper has written widely on archaeobotany and is a former head of the Tropical African Section and Assistant Keeper of the Herbarium at London's Royal Botanic Gardens! Kew. He is the author of "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Bible Plants." Klappentext "Pharaoh's Flowers" provides detailed descriptions of the plant species found (or represented) in King Tut's tomb! from which the author extrapolates on the botanical makeup of ancient Egypt. "Ostensibly a botanical study, this insightful book goes behind the iconic gilded coffin masks to demonstrate the day-to-day humanity of young pharaoh Tutankhamun and his wife. . . . A luxe gift for armchair Egyptologists. . . . Drawings, Hepper's own, are beautifully rendered." --"Publishers Weekly", starred review

Product details

• Authors: Hepper, F. Nigel Hepper, Heppner, F. Nigel Heppner
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.01.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780981773636
• ISBN: 978-0-9817736-3-6
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology