Egyptian Museum
Author of Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
About the Author
Image credit: Egyptian Museum Cairo (2011) Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC-BY-SA
Works by Egyptian Museum
Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (2002) 87 copies
Treasures of Egyptian art from the Cairo Museum; a centennial exhibition, 1970-71 (1970) 72 copies, 1 review
The Great Pharaoh Ramses II and His Time : an Exhibition of Antiquities from the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (1985) 67 copies
A Guide to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: A Brief Description of the Principal Monuments (1988) 63 copies, 1 review
The Archive of Aurelius Isidorus: In the Egyptian Museum, Cairo and the University of Michigan (1960) 15 copies
Greek papyri from the Cairo Museum : together with papyri of Roman Egypt from American collections (1902) 13 copies
Anubis, Upwawet, and other Deities: Personal Worship and official religion in ancient Egypt (2008) — Host Institute — 10 copies
Akhenaten 1 copy
Guide du visiteur au Musée du Caire — Host Institute — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Egyptian Museum
Matḥaf al-Miṣrī - Birthdate
- 1902
- Gender
- n/a
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Places of residence
- Cairo, Egypt
- Associated Place (for map)
- Cairo, Egypt
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Reviews
Gorgeous oversized hardback showing off the treasures in the Cairo Museum. The book opens with a brief history of the museum and details of its layout, before sweeping through Ancient Egypt in a burst of dazzling colour.
Amenta takes the reader from the very earliest era before the Pharaonic dynasties took shape, right through the reigns of the great rulers of Ancient Egypt to its demise under the influence of Roman and Greek invaders. Each era is outlined and its key features and rulers show more identified, before a selection of the most impressive, beautiful and important artefacts from the museum are offered for inspection. These include statues, sarcophagi, everyday items, funerary objects and a gorgeous array of finely crafted jewellery.
As suggested by the title, the unrivalled treasure of Tutankhamun's tomb is particularly well represented, together with the rich material from other rulers of the 18th and the surrounding dynasties, including Amunhotep III, the heretic king Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. There are also a few pages about the mummies of some of the most eminent Pharaohs, which was intriguing but maybe not best viewed over breakfast...
The photography is amazing and each and every artefact was fascinating to examine, sometimes with additional details picked out for closer attention - although the captions could have been longer and more informative, even if it was only for some of the most important items. I also noticed quite a few screaming spelling and grammatical mistakes which should have been picked up by the editors - HOWEVER, that definitely shouldn't put anyone off as the photos alone made this one of the most worthwhile and beautiful books I've ever had the pleasure of reading. show less
Amenta takes the reader from the very earliest era before the Pharaonic dynasties took shape, right through the reigns of the great rulers of Ancient Egypt to its demise under the influence of Roman and Greek invaders. Each era is outlined and its key features and rulers show more identified, before a selection of the most impressive, beautiful and important artefacts from the museum are offered for inspection. These include statues, sarcophagi, everyday items, funerary objects and a gorgeous array of finely crafted jewellery.
As suggested by the title, the unrivalled treasure of Tutankhamun's tomb is particularly well represented, together with the rich material from other rulers of the 18th and the surrounding dynasties, including Amunhotep III, the heretic king Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. There are also a few pages about the mummies of some of the most eminent Pharaohs, which was intriguing but maybe not best viewed over breakfast...
The photography is amazing and each and every artefact was fascinating to examine, sometimes with additional details picked out for closer attention - although the captions could have been longer and more informative, even if it was only for some of the most important items. I also noticed quite a few screaming spelling and grammatical mistakes which should have been picked up by the editors - HOWEVER, that definitely shouldn't put anyone off as the photos alone made this one of the most worthwhile and beautiful books I've ever had the pleasure of reading. show less
Magnificent coffee table book celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, many stunning photographs of statues, scrolls and artifacts, arranged chronologically, with a chapter on the history of the museum itself.
Fabulous scholarly insight into the meanings of selected pieces in the Egyptian Museum.
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Statistics
- Works
- 25
- Members
- 853
- Popularity
- #30,000
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 51
- Languages
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