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Displays a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artifacts from the rarely-seen Myers Collection.
List of contents
Prefaces by Lord Waldegrave of North Hill and Sir Dominic Cadbury, and Professor Martin Stringer Introduction and Acknowledgements by Eurydice Georganteli and Martin Bommas Map of Egypt Chronology 1 The Myers Eton College Collection of Egyptian Antiquities; Archaeology and Collecting Attitudes in 19th-Century Egypt by Eurydice Georganteli 2 Travels to the beyond in ancient Egypt by Martin Bommas 3 The personal approach to the divine in Ancient Egypt by Maria Michela Luiselli 4 Writing in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt by Michael Sharp 5 Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest by Eurydice Georganteli
About the author
Eurydice Georganteli is Keeper of Coins & Lecturer at the College of Arts and Law. Martin Bommas is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the College of Arts and Law.
Summary
This stunning new book traces two and a half millennia of life and death in ancient Egypt through over 65 objects from this internationally important Collection. A rare opportunity to see highlights of one of the most impressive private collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world.
