Wonderful Things: Essays in Honor of Nicholas Reeves (Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt)

Peter Lacovara

ISBN 10: 1957454911 / ISBN 13: 9781957454917

Published by Lockwood Press 2023-10-31, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wonderful Things: Essays in Honor of Nicholas Reeves (Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt)
• Publisher: Lockwood Press 2023-10-31
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1957454911
• ISBN 13: 9781957454917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Just in time for the centennial of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, this volume of studies dedicated to the leading expert on the "boy king" brings together scholars from all over the world to celebrate the career of C. Nicholas Reeves. It includes a biography and bibliography of Reeves along with cutting-edge discussions of a wide variety of topics concentrating on New Kingdom Egypt and Tutankhamun.

About the Author

Peter Lacovara is director of the Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund. He was previously senior curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum (1998 to 2014) and before that assistant curator in the Department of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is also Visiting Research Scholar at the American University in Cairo. His archaeological fieldwork has included excavations at the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, the Palace city of Amenhotep III at Malqata in Thebes, Abydos, Hierakonpolis and the Giza Plateau and he is currently directing the work at the palace-city of Deir el-Ballas.