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

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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)

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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!

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PAUL GHALIOUNGUI - THE MEDICINE MAN

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.

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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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NEW: Drawings and paintings

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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:

FIRTH C.M. - QUIBELL J.E., The step pyramid. Vol. I: Text. Vol. II: Plates (SOLD, click here or on the picture of the next slide)

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:

HAYES W.C., The texts in the mastabeh of Sen-Wosret-Ankh at Lisht, MMA, New York, 1937 (available click here or on the picture of the next slide)

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.

Publication:

DAVIES Norman de Garis, The rock tombs of Tell el-Amarna, 6 volumes. EEF, London, 1903-8 (available, click here)

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.

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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