Secrets of Ancient Egypt / from the editors of Archaeology magazine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Antiquities.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Hatherleigh Press, ©2004.

Contents:

Introduction : Enduring Achievements, Enduring Fascination / Mark Rose

Part I. Mummies

A Thoroughly Modern Mummy : Experimental archaeology-step by gruesome step, the Egyptian way / Bob Brier

Mystery Mummy : Unraveling the Remains of Ankh-hap the Egyptian Mummy / Frank L. Holt

Case of the Dummy Mummy : Psst! ... Hey buddy, wanna buy a falcon? / Bob Brier

Identifying a Pharaoh : A royal body may be that of Ramesses I, but can we ever be sure? / Mark Rose

Part II. Egyptian Origins

City of the Hawk : From ancient breweries to the earliest mummies, excavations at Hierakonpolis are rewriting the origins of Egyptian civilization / Renee Friedman

Holy Abydos : New investigations at ancient Egypt's premier pilgrimage site / Stephen P. Harvey

Seat of Eternity : Excavations at Abydos reveal an elaborate funerary complex linking a deceased Middle Kingdom pharaoh to the god Osiris / Josef Wegner

Part III. Marvels of Giza

The Sphinx : Who Built it, and Why? / Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner

Builders of the Pyramids : Excavations at Giza yield the settlements and workshops of three generations of laborers / Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner

Tombs of the Pyramid Builders / Zahi Hawass

Dating the Pyramids : How tiny organic bits in the Ancient gypsum mortar offer evidence of age as well as clues to the fabric of Egyptian life / The David H. Koch Pyramids Radiocarbon Project

Mixed Messages : A tomb on the Giza Plateau yields chewing-gum wrappers, Cairo tram tickets, a 1944 newspaper, and a 4,500-year-old burial / W.B. Hafford

Tales from the Crypt : A Descent into the Tomb of Osiris / Angela M.H. Schuster

Part IV. Farther Afield

Other sites & finds : Exploring the Valley of the Kings / Donald P. Ryan

Who's in Tomb? : In a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie, scholars seek clues to the identity of a mummy that could clarify the royal succession at the end of Egypt's 18th Dynasty / Mark Rose

Anatomy of a Mummy : A close study of the mystery skeleton's bones indicates he was male and in his early twenties / Joyce M. Filer

Emerald City : Exploration in Egypt's Eastern Desert yields the mines that furnished Rome's elite with coveted stones / Jean-Louis Rivard, Brandon C. Foster, and Steven E. Sidebotham

Rediscovering Alexandria : Underwater and underground, archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient metropolis / Mark Rose

Hunting Alexander's Tomb / Robert S. Bianchi

The Other Pyramids : A tour of ancient Nubia where clusters of steep, topless "tombstones" punctuate a remote desert landscape / Bob Brier

Ginesthoi! Sayeth Cleopatra / Angela M.H. Schuster

Part V. Rediscovering Egypt

Napoleon in Egypt : The general's search for glory led to the birth of Egyptology / Bob Brier

Saga of Cleopatra's Needles / Bob Brier

Sailing into Egypt's Past : Does a celebration of Luxor's patron saint echo ancient pharaonic traditions? / Shelley Wachsmann

The Frederick Schultz Case : Selling the Past / Alexi Baker

Shaking Up the Land of the Pharaohs : Egypt's new archaeology czar, Zahi Hawass, describes major changes and improvements he hopes to push through in an ambitious ten-year program / Mark Rose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1578261597

9781578261598

OCLC:

53896588