Exclusive to Stanfords. Egyptian guides with European tourists at the Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 1867 by an unknown photographer. This monolith has a lion’s body with the face of a man & stands at 241ft long, 20ft wide & 2, 065ft high. It is located to the northeast of Khafre’s Valley Temple on the west bank of the Nile, near modern-day Cairo, Egypt. Printed on matte archival quality photographic paper & cardboard mounted.* About this range: Exclusive to Stanfords, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) has selected a range of vintage photographs of travel & exploration. The images are from the Society’s prestigious archive collection. As they are printed from the original negative, there is only a limited amount available. ...

This is a short, illustrated introduction to the ever-fascinating topic of Egyptian mummies, by an international expert. It is a readable, short, but authoritative overview of Egyptian mummification. It deals with perennially popular topic. It is illustrated throughout in colour. The author, a world expert on Egyptian mummification, addresses the most frequently asked questions about Egyptian mummies: how & why they were made, the religious beliefs which underpinned mummification, the preservation of animals, & how the mummies have been treated from ancient times until the present day. He provides an up to date summary of the ancient evidence, & also considers modern attitudes to Egyptian mummies, emphasising their role as a major source of knowledge & understanding about past societies. The text & illustrations draw heavily on the rich collection of mummies & funerary objects in the British Museum, & the findings of a wide range of recent scientific investigations of this collection. The book will therefore reflect the important advances which have been made in the understanding of Egyptian mummies over the last few years. The Author John H. Taylor is a curator of Egyptian antiquities in the British Museum. ...

Whacky & over-the-top, this funny book is crammed full of Egyptian mummy stickers to add to lurid, madcap scenes. All the characters in this book are mummies, even the tomb robbers & embalmers! Despite appearances, an Ancient Egyptian expert has ensured that this book is as accurate as possible. ...

Discover the grisly process of mummification, from embalming & stuffing the corpse to preparing a home for eternity. This title explores the quirky side of a journey to the afterlife, looking at the myth & the science surrounding Egyptian burial practices. Full of fascinating lists, creepy stories & bizarre trivia, this title is sure to educate as well as entertain. Gold, guts & gods: what a way to go! Fact boxes, a full glossary, map of Ancient Egypt & index make the book both fun & informative. The text is enlivened with black & white line drawings & full-colour endpapers. ...

Drawings from Edward Lear`s Egyptian travels are gathered & matched with travelogues in this never-before-published collection. Lear--famous for his nonsense poetry & prose as well as his landscape paintings--traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, & India, & documented his sojourns in what has been described as ”poetical topography.” However, Lear never fulfilled his intention to document his adventures in Egypt, where he traveled during the later half of the 19th century. Compiling a selection of his most picturesque & informative watercolors from these voyages & uniting them with extracts from his travel diary as well as"ations from his poetry, this retrospective account offers a charming view of Lear as a travel artist. ...

Most travellers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Eichendorf in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Aidenbach, Aldersbach, Egglham, Johanniskirchen, Künzing, Roßbach. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Eichstatt in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Kipfenberg, Titting, Adelschlag, Hitzhofen, Kinding, Pollenfeld. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their way marking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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