Mummies Tombs And Treasure

A fascinating and thorough account of the Egyptian process of mummification and efforts to safeguard places of burial against thieves.

Offers a history and description of archaeological efforts to uncover the secrets of ancient Egypt.

This is the second of five volumes in the updated revised version of 1998's Tombs. Treasures. Mummies. Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology by the Author. It deals with the finding and clearances of the Tomb of Maiherpri in the Valley of the Kings (KV36) and the Tomb of Kha & Merit (TT8), husband and wife, at Deir el Medina, both dating to ancient Egypt's mid-18th Dynasty. KV36 had been minimally robbed in ancient times, but TT8 was found completely undisturbed and intact. Maiherpri was a part-Nubian courtier, possibly a king's bastard son; Kha was a royal-tomb architect with the title "Chief in the Great Place" (Valley of the Kings) and Merit was a housewife. Maiherpri's well-preserved mummy and tomb treasures are today in the Cairo Egyptian Museum; Kha & Merit and their complete tomb treasures are to be found in the collection of the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy.

"This book explores the various traditions that have surrounded death through the ages, with particular emphasis on the famous mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt."--Publisher's description.

This is the third volume in the Author's Tombs.Treasures.Mummies. series and deals with the discoveries & clearances of two ancient Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings found by American excavator Theodore M. Davis in 1905 & 1907: intact KV46 (the Tomb of Yuya & Thuyu) and mysterious KV55 (the so-called "Amarna Cache"). Revised and updated chapters 4 & 6 from the 1998 hardcover edition, Book Three contains 325 full-color & duotone illustrations (many new), including maps & plans.

This is Book One of a 5-volume updated softcover reprint of the Author's out-of-print 1998 hardcover Tombs. Treasures. Mummies. Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology. Book One deals with the two Royal Mummies Caches, TT320 (1881) and KV35 (1898) & includes a complete inventory of the TT320 mummies, matching them with their coffins. Color photos have been added to the hardcover edition's archival b&w images.

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The final volume in the Tombs.Treasures.Mummies. series, Book Five deals with the complete catalogue of the Royal Mummies from tombs TT320 and KV35, with Seven addenda, including the Search for the Mummies of Hatshepsut and Rameses I, The Egyptian Mummies Project and The Family of Tutankhamun Project. Fully updates the 1998 text, with addition of scores of new color photos.