As General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Director of Excavation at the Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, and the Bahariya Oasis, Zahi Hawass has unparalleled field experience and knowledge of the landscape of Egypt’s pyramids. As the ...

Explores every facet of Egypt's geography, society, history, and culture to build up an intriguing image of what life was like in the land of the pharaohs. --Publisher.

Describes how ancient artifacts from the extinct city of Alexandria were found accidentally in 1961, and documents the continued organized efforts in the 1990s to locate and excavate statues, sphinx, and building materials

The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 is one of the most famous archaelogical events of the twentieth century and accounts for much of the Pharaoh's popularity. But how much have we seen of what was discovered there and in other tombs and ...

An A-Z reference providing concise and accessible information on Ancient Egypt from its predynastic cultures to the suicide of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony in the face of the Roman conquest. Annotation. Bunson (an author of reference works) has ...

"Hip-pocket portable and richly illustrated." --Conde Nast Traveler The Pharoahs of ancient Egypt believed that even in death, life is everlasting, so their tombs stored the worldly possessions deemed necessary in the afterlife. In many ways ...

Fifty years before the birth of Christ, in the splendid Egyptian city of Alexandria, there reigned a young queen: Cleopatra. Astute and talented, she was educated in the Greek and Egyptian traditions and bred to politics. Through her love affairs ...