Tutankhamun: The Golden King And The Great Pharaohs By Zahi Hawass,
History & Nostalgia Book

Product Description

Created by a team of world-renowned art historians under the guidance of Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, the book provides the entire sweep of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the lifestyles & practices of the great pharaohs. Six chapters chronicle 3, 000 years of history, from the predynastic days to Tut & the golden age, circa 1355 B.C., & on to Greek domination in the Ptolemaic period. Exquisite photography by Italian master Sandro Vannini spotlights all the artifacts on display at the exhibition. Vannini's innovative technique makes the photographs jump off the page, & the book's design takes its lead from the exhibition, grouping objects representing family life, religious practices, funerary rituals, & the gold of Egypt's great kings & queens. Here is a kohl pot
- an eye makeup container
- owned by Queen Tiye around 1400 B.C. Here is a carved sketch of a princess eating duck, & a sarcophagus made for a prince's cat. In each of these pieces we get a glimpse of the life of ancient Egyptian royalty
- exotic & fascinating, yet so human. Gold gleams from these pages: A leopard-mask of gilded wood, worn by priests during funeral rituals. The bracelet of Queen Ahhotep, woven with beads of gold & semiprecious stones. A brilliant pendant on which tiny goddesses hail a winged scarab. The all-gold funerary mask of Psusennes I, finest of four discovered in the pharaoh's 3, 000-year-old tomb in Tanis. & the golden finger & toe covers from Tutankhamun himself, to protect his extremities in the afterlife. The size of this book is 28cm in height & 28cm wide with 257 pages