City of the Dead. Thebes in Egypt
150 sider, ills.
British Museum Publications, London 1987
(out of print)
Paperback edition:
The Tombs of the Nobles at Luxor
American University in Cairo Press 1988, 1989
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The
tombs at Thebes are among the most fascinating monuments from ancient
Egypt. This book concerns the tombs of high officials buried in the cliffs
opposite modern Luxor.The author has lived for long periods in the area
and has also made a thourough study of the rediscovery of the tombs in the
18th and 19th centuries based on records in the British Library and
elsewhere
- Thebes West: City of the Dead
- The beginning
- The Eighteenth dynasty
- The Ramessid tombs
- The Late Period and the end
- Rediscovery
- Modern times
Numerous photographs by the author and drawings
from facsimile copies by the early travellers to Egypt. |