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Valley of the golden mummies
- Title
- Valley of the golden mummies / Zahi Hawass.
- Author
- Hawass, Zahi A.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DT73.B33 H38 2000q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 224 p. : col. ill., maps; 31 cm.
- Summary
- "Presents a photographic chronicle of the 1996 discovery and ongoing excavation of an ancient burial ground in the middle of the desert 230 miles southwest of Cairo that contains at least sixty gilded mummies from the first and second centuries A.D., when Egypt was ruled by Rome."
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index.
- Contents
- Valley of the golden mummies: Donkey's tale, the discovery -- Day at the dig -- Golden mummies -- Artifacts from the tombs -- Mr. X goes to Giza -- Curse of the child mummies -- Egypt-ancient to Greco-Roman: Bahariya oasis, past and present -- Egyptian religious beliefs -- History of mummification -- Excavations in Bahariya oasis: Roman settlement of El Haiz -- Wine factory -- Temple of Bes -- Temple of Hercules -- Other Bahariya temples and tombs -- Rediscovered tombs.
- ISBN
- 0810939428
- 9780810939424
- 0810928981
- 9780810928985
- LCCN
- 00026628
- OCLC
- ocm43569452
- 43569452
- SCSB-1139326
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library