Search Results: Ancient Egypt from Lems Bookshop

Three sections; The Pharaohs, The Copts, The Moslems and the clothes, ornaments, styles, techniques, materials.86 pages with illustrations throughout many in colour. Book in very good condition with minor stain to edge pages 83-86. foxing to top leading edge and minor wear to cover.

The secrets of ancient Egypt and its culture lay hidden until 1799 when a French soldier found the Rosetta Stone, the key which unlocked those secrets. Slowly through years of excavation archaeologists have pieced together a picture of life, society and the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. 141 pages with over 40 illustrations and 2 maps. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on publishing and contents pages, borrowing sleeve remnant on front endpaper, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with reference number on spine and some wear.

Ancient Egyptian beliefs and various gods and animals they worshipped - the world of the Nile gods unfolded by a series of beautiful pictures. 72 pages with 100 colour plates. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with small tear top spine. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Part of Great Ages of Man series. The Egyptian culture must have had the stability which comes from successful adaptation to environment, otherwise the same expression could not have survived for three thousand years. That stability enabled their greatness and power. 192 pages with numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with wear to cover the main issue (see photo). This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

New edition with new Introduction and expanded Bibliography. Central to all facts about ancient Egypt is the Nile and this is were the author starts with a vivid picture of the land, then we see how the culture sprang up and the meaning to the life of Egypt. Then in three chapters the entire history of ancient Egypt in vivid capsule form. 215 pages with 48 Plates, maps and a fold out chronological chart. Book in good+ condition with inscription to previous owner on first page, and wear to cover, otherwise fine.

All periods of Ancient Egyptian history from Predynastic to Roman, and all areas from the Delta to Nubia - a gloriously illustrated history of discovery from 1799 to present, and a showcase for the greatest finds, and also a superb reference to an extraordinary civilization. 256 pages with 598 illustrations, 234 in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book (29x25x2.5 cm) but no increase in postage in Australia.

Translated by Alan Rowe. A brief description of the History and Literature of Ancient Egypt, and of the more important objects in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and in the necropoli of Giza and Saqqara. 287 pages with 170 Figures. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name on first page, small stain to leading edge last thirty pages, knock to top and bottom corners back forty pages, and light tanning. Cover has binding showing top and bottom spine and bottom cover over spine missing and cover wear.

Unabridged republication of the work originally published by Oxford University Press in 1930 under the title Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building Craft. A detailed examination of Egyptian quarrying methods, transportation of stone, foundations, mortar, techniques for dressing and laying stone blocks, pyramid construction, facing, sculpturing and painting masonry, brickwork, Egyptian mathematics, and more. 242 pages with nearly 270 photographs and other illustrations. Book in near fine condition with minor reader wear.

Shows how some of the great discoveries were made, and others not so spectacular have contributed to a better understanding of obscure periods - each chosen to cover both the range of Egyptian history and the work of significant archaeologists. 144 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and many black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear.

A general survey of the cultural achievements of the people who lived on the banks of the Nile nearly five thousand years ago. 269 pages with 48 pages of Plates and 150 Text illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on title page, sticky tape remnants on front and back end papers, some reader wear, and some wear to cover (see photo).

A general survey through recent discoveries of the cultural achievements of the great people who lived on the banks of the Nile nearly five thousand years ago - before the time of the pharaohs. 269 pages with 48 pages of black and white photographs and 150 text figures. Book in good+ condition with some tanning, cover in clear wrapper and previous owners sticker on front.

The history and culture of ancient Egypt through the art of art with descriptive text. 276 pages with 24 colour and 117 black and white Plates and 6 Figures. Book in very good+ condition with minor foxing front and back endpapers and minor wear to cover. This is a large book 29.5x25.5x3.5 cm but no increase in postage in Australia

For the first time Egyptian culture presented in the form of an atlas with substantial text, photographs and drawings - taking the reader on a journey down the Nile calling at some 90 sites. 240 pages with 36 maps, 530 illustrations, 380 in colour. Book in very good+ condition with some foxing on first page. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear. This is a large book (30.5x24x2.5 cm) but no increase in postage in Australia

No publishing date but 1920's as includes Carter's discovery in 1922. An outline of the great work which gave back to us so many of the wonders of the ancient civilization of Egypt. 252 pages with 32 black and white illustrations. Book in good condition with some foxing to endpapers and margins. tanning, three of the photo pages loose, fading to spine.

Egypt is one of the largest countries in Africa and an immense crossroads of history boasting a concentration of natural wealth, mysteries, and art treasures and has deeply affected Mediterranean civilization and contemporary history. 128 pages with colour photographs on all pages. Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Translated, adapted and revised by Barbara Adams and Angela P Thomas. Part of Universal Pocket Guide series. A journey along the banks of the Nile should be thoroughly prepared to equip the visitor with knowledge of ancient Egypt; life. art and civilization to appreciate what will be seen and a reference for the modern country. 408 pages with 16 colour photographs, 8 colour maps, 92 figures, and 135 maps and plans. Book in very good+ condition with minor wear to cover. .

The life of ancient Egypt in its entirety with illustrations to give a general idea of its art, the landscape in which buildings were erected, the buildings themselves and their component parts to form the living whole. 364 pages with 260 Plates some in colour and 75 pages of notes on the Plates. Book in near fine condition with minor marks front and back endpapers. This is a large book 30.5x24x3 cm but no increase in postage in Australia.

Published by Dorset Press by arrangement with Alfred A Knopf. A general summary of the cultures of prehistoric Egypt and of the millennia of development that preceded the brilliant civilization of the pharaohs, told through the adventures and achievements of the archaeologists whose discoveries brought these prehistoric cultures to light. 391 pages with 84 illustrations and 12 Tables. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear.

Part of the Lost Civilizations series. The pharaohs of Egypt were regarded as god-kings and ruled through various periods from 2920BC-332BC - all monuments were built for their glory and the belief of everlasting life. 168 pages with numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout and endpaper map. Book in near fine condition.

A vivid picture of the thirty dynasties that ruled Ancient Egypt and the complex societies that sustained them. 469 pages with 7 Genealogical Tables, 9 Plans and Illustrations, and 4 Maps. Book in very good condition with light tanning.