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DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE
A wonderful set of an extraordinary publication:
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE (2nd, Panckoucke edition, 1820-1830)
Complete set of plates and text
The complete set of plates is available as free Digitized Treasure!
Cheops papyri and the next Wadi el-Jarf campaigns
PLEASE HELP FUND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXCAVATIONS IN EGYPT
In 2013, following several campaigns on the site of the Wadi el-Jarf on the Red Sea, French Egyptologist Pierre Tallet made a unique find: huge amounts of papyrus - hundreds of fragments - dating back to the reign of Khufu (Cheops).
Not only is it to date the oldest papyrus archive ever found in Egypt: it also yielded information about the building of the Great Pyramid.
It is important to accelerate the excavation, as the site is isolated and subject to depradations. Your support to the AMeRS association is needed.
You can donate to the AMeRS with the button below or contact Pierre Tallet: contact@amers-asso.fr
VIVANT DENON
A rare first edition of:
VIVANT DENON, Voyage dans la Haute et la Basse Egypte. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches (complete set)
Also available as free Digitized Treasure!
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François Olivier
EGYPT IN PICTURES
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!
Pictures are available without watermarking and in high resolution upon request
PAUL GHALIOUNGUI - THE MEDICINE MAN
We met Paul Ghalioungui Jr. at his home on the Greek islands. In front of boxes full of photographs of his parents, he told us how the idea came to him about three years ago to show the human side of his beloved and famous father and to publish his recollections and anecdotes about him.
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.
Tomb of Kheruef (Pictures of Egypt)
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)
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The tomb of Kheruef
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. Relevant subjects: Egypt, New Kingdom, Temples & Tombs.
This book was sold
NEW: Bookbinding
Some books have suffered over time, some haven't yet, but their soft cover makes them prone to future damage.
We help you preserve the integrity of your favorite books by providing two kinds of binding services: cloth or leather.
NEW: Drawings and paintings
Looking for an accurate or artistic rendering of an Egyptian object, monument or landscape? Or a representation of a loved one?
If you fancy an ink drawing or an aquarell on paper for your incoming publication, or an oil painting on canvas as a gift or a decoration for your home, Meretseger Books would like to introduce Czech artist Jiri Kucera, whose skills we greatly admire.
The Step Pyramid (Pictures of Egypt)
Southern apartments below the complex of Djeser at Sakkara (3rd dynasty, ca 2700 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
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The step pyramid. Vol. I: Text. Vol. II: Plates (complete...
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. Relevant subjects: Egypt, Old Kingdom, Temples & Tombs.
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Hieratic papyri in the British Museum. Third Series: Chester Beatty...
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.....
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The White Chapel of Sesostris I at Karnak (Egypt in pictures)
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 (available, click here)
The White Chapel of Sesostris I at Karnak (Pictures of Egypt)
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 (available, click here)
The White Chapel of Sesostris I at Karnak (Pictures of Egypt)
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 (available, click here)
The tomb of Sen-Wosret-Ankh at Lisht (Pictures of Egypt)
Pyramid texts in the tomb of the vizir Sen-Wosret-Ankh at Lisht (12th dynasty, ca 2000 B.C.). Picture by Meretseger Books.
Publication:
The texts in the mastabeh of Sen-Wosret-Ankh at Lisht. With...
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. (BPF) Relevant subjects: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Temples & Tombs.
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Mastaba of Ti at Sakkara (Pictures of Egypt)
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:
Tomb of Ay and Tyi (Pictures of Egypt)
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.
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The Valley of the Kings (Pictures of Egypt)
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.
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Le tombeau de Ti. Tome II: La chapelle (1ère et...
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. (BPF) Relevant subjects: Egypt, Old Kingdom, Temples & Tombs.
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Tomb of Ankhtifi (Pictures of Egypt)
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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