We are delighted to welcome the publication of Jean Brixhe's book:
LE CHIEN DANS L'EGYPTE ANCIENNE - LES ORIGINES
(€ 43)
The book addresses the domestication of dogs and their origin in Egypt. It is the first part of a larger project: following volumes will describe the types and names of dogs, as well as their use in both domestic and religious life.
An extraordinary archive of over 15,000 pictures on most archaeological sites of Egypt, free of charge. Use them for your publications, your teaching or just enjoy visiting Egypt with us!
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And thus in 2017 'The Medicine Man' was born: it is a delightful small book, the life story of a boy from a Greek family growing up in Egypt, becoming a doctor and practicing during the turbulent years of the Nasser revolution, a man whose insatiable curiosity for both medicine and Egyptology made him an internationally renowned scholar and an authority on pharaonic medicine.
Daughters of great ones pouring libations before Amenhotep III in TT192, Theban Necropolis. Reign of Amenhotep III (18th dynasty, ca 1400 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
The tomb of Kheruef. OIP 102, Oriental Institute, Chicago, 1980 (available, click here or on the picture of the next slide)
AAD - Chicago Institute
Very rare. Oriental Institute Publications 102. Oriental Institute, Chicago, 1980. First edition. Folio, xx & 80 pages, 88 plates. Brown 1/4 cloth casing. A fine copy.
Some books have suffered over time, some haven't yet, but their soft cover makes them prone to future damage.
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Looking for an accurate or artistic rendering of an Egyptian object, monument or landscape? Or a representation of a loved one?
Southern apartments below the complex of Djeser at Sakkara (3rd dynasty, ca 2700 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
FIRTH Cecil Mallaby - QUIBELL James Edward
Extremely rare complete set of 2 volumes bound in 1. Excavations at Saqqara 1935 & 1936, SAE, Le Caire, 1935-6. First edition. Folio, 1 frontispice, viii & vii + 144 pages, 110 plates. Brown half-leather in excellent condition.
GARDINER Alan Henderson
Extremely rare complete set of 2 volumes. Hieratic papyri in the British Museum 03/1 & 03/2. London, 1935. First edition. In-4 & large folio, xiii + 142 & 4 pages, 72 plates. A few stains on top of front board of album, inside in excellent condition. Signature of R.O. Faulkner on the text volume.
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The gem of Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom, located in the open-air museum of Karnak. The chapel is also most important for the list of nomes it depicts on its outer walls. Reign of Sesostris I (12th dynasty, ca 1950 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books. See more pictures of the White Chapel.
Publication:
LACAU Pierre - CHEVRIER Henri, Une chapelle de Sésostris Ier à Karnak. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches. SAE, Le Caire, 1956 (sold, but many pictures of this rare work are shown here)
The gem of Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom, located in the open-air museum of Karnak. The chapel is also most important for the list of nomes it depicts on its outer walls. Reign of Sesostris I (12th dynasty, ca 1950 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
LACAU Pierre - CHEVRIER Henri, Une chapelle de Sésostris Ier à Karnak. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches. SAE, Le Caire, 1956 (sold, but many pictures of this rare work are shown here)
The gem of Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom, located in the open-air museum of Karnak. The chapel is also most important for the list of nomes it depicts on its outer walls. Reign of Sesostris I (12th dynasty, ca 1950 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
LACAU Pierre - CHEVRIER Henri, Une chapelle de Sésostris Ier à Karnak. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches. SAE, Le Caire, 1956 (sold, but many pictures of this rare work are shown here)
Pyramid texts in the tomb of the vizir Sen-Wosret-Ankh at Lisht (12th dynasty, ca 2000 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
HAYES William Christopher
Extremely rare. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Expedition 12. MMA, New York, 1937. First edition. Large folio, x & 32 pages, 12 plates. Half-leather. One of 400 copies only.
Science, beauty and pleasure on your shelves
Science, beauty and pleasure on your shelves
Ay and Tyi at the entrance of their tomb (TA25) in the Southern rock tombs (el-Hagg Qandil) of Tell el-Amarna (reign of Akhenaten, ca 1350 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
Al-Qurn, the pyramid-shaped mountain overlooking the Valley of the Kings. Picture by Meretseger Books.
In Egyptian mythology, Meretseger ("she who loves silence") exerted great authority during the New Kingdom over the Theban Necropolis. The goddess was closely connected with Al-Qurn.
The mastaba of Ti is one of the largest and finest of the private tombs at Saqqara. Its many wall-paintings have been one of the most central sources of information on daily life in the Old Kingdom (5th dynasty, ca 2300 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
WILD Henri
Very rare. 2 volumes. Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale 65/2 & 65/3, IFAO, Le Caire, 1953-66. First edition. Folio, pages i & vi, plates 72-132 & 133-189. Original softcover.
Science, beauty and pleasure on your shelves
1st Intermediate Period, located in Moalla, south of Luxor, a very rare testimony of paintings and texts from this period (ca 2100 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
VANDIER Jacques, Mo'alla. La tombe d'Ankhtifi et la tombe de Sebekhotep, IFAO, Le Caire, 1950 (available, click here)
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