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The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatânkhamanou

Door Theodore M. Davis

Categorie
Het oude Egypte
Boeknummer
#360773-KM39
Titel
The Tombs of Harmhabi and Touatânkhamanou
Auteur
Davis, Theodore M.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Duckworth
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
0715630725
ISBN13
9780715630723
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, b/w illustrations, 4to. Duckworth Egyptology Series.
Samenvatting
Theodore M. Davis' discovery of the tomb of Horemheb (Harmhabi) on 22 February 1908 was his last great find in the Valley of the Kings - a vast, finely cut tomb containing the king's superb hardstone sarcophagus, a mass of fragmented burial furniture and abundant skeletal remains. The tomb's wall decorations, in various stages of completion, are among the finest in Egypt. This book was Davis' swan-song, published three years before his death. Besides his report on the Horemheb find, it includes an account of what Davis supposed - mistakenly - to be the destroyed burial of Tutankhamun (Touatankhamanou). The volume is abundantly illustrated with photographs and watercolour sketches of the tomb, its decorated walls and the objects found, together with some of the best views of the Valley of t... (Lees verder)he Kings ever taken.
Pagina's
-
Conditie
Goed
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€ 10,00

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