| Description |
511 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-508) and index. |
| Contents |
Pharaohs and history -- Predynastic period / Günter Dreyer, Christiane Ziegler -- Old kingdom / Alessandro Roccati -- Middle kingdom / Sydney H. Aufrère -- New kingdom / David P. Silverman -- Third intermediate kingdom / Mamduh el-Damaty, Isabelle Franco -- Late period / Edda Bresciani -- Pharaonic regality. The nature of power / Dominique Valbelle -- State and administration / Pierre Grandet -- Warrior pharaoh. The conquest of the world / Nicolas Grimal -- Ritualist pharaoh. The religious cult / Claude Traunecker -- Builder pharaoh. The temples -- Temples of the new kingdom / Rainer Stadelmann -- Image of the sovereign -- Eternal presence. The image of the pharaoh in Egyptian sculpture / Dietrich Wildung -- Pharaoh in the propagandistic documents of the new kingdom / Francesco Tiradritti -- Accession of a pharaoh / Bernard Mathieu -- Royal family -- Queen of the new kingdom / Christiane Ziegler -- Royal palace. Architecture, decoration and furnishings / Dorothea Arnold -- Royal tombs -- Tombs of the pharaohs in the new kingdom. Architecture and decoration / Erik Hornung -- Funerary texts from the Valley of the Kings / Isabelle Franco -- Funerary equipment / Anna Maria Donadoni Roveri -- Royal mummies -- Mummification and burial of the pharaohs / Francis Janot -- Mummies of the new kingdom in the Egyptian Museum / Nasry Iskander. |
| Subject |
Art, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.
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Pharaohs.
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Art, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Ziegler, Christiane.
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| ISBN |
0847825078 |
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