Pyramids and Tombs of Ancient Egypt - An In-depth Guide to the Burial Sites of an Ancient Civilization

Informationen zum Autor Lorna Oakes is a lecturer in Egyptology at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is also a Special Assistant in the Education Service of the British Museum, and regularly takes part in public gallery talks and lectures on ancient Egypt and the Near East. She has led many study tours to Egypt, a country which she loves and where she has many friends. Klappentext This new volume offers insight into the burial practices of the ancient Egyptians. It looks in detail at architecture and construction techniques and traces the development of individual tombs into lavish complexes. These sites also give us an understanding of ancient beliefs: paintings! statues! carvings and texts depict scenes both from mythology and from daily life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lorna Oakes, Oakes Lorna
• Editore: Lorenz Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.10.2010
• EAN: 9781844769100
• ISBN: 978-1-84476-910-0
• Pagine: 128
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology