The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt - Softcover

Dodson, Aidan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1399077465 ISBN 13: 9781399077460

Publisher: Pen and Sword Archaeology, 2022

Synopsis

The royal tombs of ancient Egypt include some of the most stupendous monuments of all time, containing some of the greatest treasures to survive from the ancient world. This book is a history of the burial places of the rulers of Egypt from the very dawn of history down to the country's absorption into the Roman Empire, three millennia later. During this time, the tombs ranged from mudbrick-lined pits in the desert, through pyramid-topped labyrinths to superbly-decorated galleries penetrating deep into the rock of the Valley of the Kings. The first book to embrace in detail the entire range of royal tombs, the present volume covers the full extent of royal funerary monuments, which comprised not only the actual burial place, but also the place where the worlds of the living and the dead came together in the temples built to provide for the dead pharaohs soul.

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About the Author

AIDAN DODSON is Hon Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol, as well as having long-standing parallel research interests in naval history. He is the author of a number of books, including The Kaiser’s Battlefleet: German capital ships 1871–1918 , Before the Battlecruiser: the big cruiser in the world’s navies 1865–1910 and The German Battleship Helgoland all published by Seaforth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pen and Sword Archaeology
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399077465
• ISBN 13: 9781399077460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344