Research Catalog

Title

Tutankhamun : the golden king and the great pharaohs / Zahi Hawass ; with photographs by Sandro Vannini.

Author

Hawass, Zahi A.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.

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Description

257 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 28 cm.

Summary

A companion to the 2008-2009 traveling museum exhibit, providing a survey of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the lives and lifestyle of the major pharaohs, and including photographs of over 120 artifacts in the tour.

Subject

• Tutankhamen, King of Egypt > Exhibitions
• To 332 B.C
• Egypt > Antiquities > Exhibitions
• Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C. > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. Outline of Egyptian History / Zahi Hawass -- Ch. II. Rise and the Glory / David O'Connor -- Ch. III. Unity and Power / David P. Silverman -- Ch. IV. Golden Age / Betsy M. Bryan -- Ch. V. Tutankhamun and the Great Discovery / Zahi Hawass -- Ch. VI. Fall and the Rise / Donald Redford -- Gallery I. Pharaohs of the Old and Middle KINGDOMS -- Gallery II. Pharaohs of the New Kingdom and Later -- Gallery III. Pharaoh's Family and Private Life -- Gallery IV. Pharaoh's Court -- Gallery V. Pharaoh's Religion -- Gallery VI. Gold of the Pharaohs -- Gallery VII. Discovery of a Pharaoh: Tutankhamun -- Afterword: The Secrets of the Pharaohs / Zahi Hawass -- Notes on the Exhibition.

ISBN

9781426202643 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007043252

OCLC

175289987

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library