Valley Of The Golden Mummies: The Greatest Egyptian Discovery Since Tutankhamun
by Z Dr Hawass
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1852278498
- ISBN 13
- 9781852278496
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About This Item
Virgin Books. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. Hard Cover. 4to 1852278498 New edition. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 250 colour illustrations / photographs. 228 pages clean and tight. Dimensions: 25.9 x 2.4 x 30.7 cm. In May 1996, a donkey stumbled into an opening in the sand in the Egyptian desert, revealing a vast multi-chambered tomb containing more than 10,000 mummies. The excavation, in what became known as the "Valley of the Golden Mummies", made front-page news across the world. With 250 full-colour photos of the remarkable treasures, this book documents the extraordinary finds at the site. Alongside these images, Dr Zahl Hawass, Field Director at the Bahariya Oasis project, recounts the exciting story of the excavation and the importance of this find. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142047
- Title
- Valley Of The Golden Mummies: The Greatest Egyptian Discovery Since Tutankhamun
- Author
- Z Dr Hawass
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1852278498
- ISBN 13
- 9781852278496
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
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