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The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV

Categorie	Het oude Egypte
Boeknummer	#360775-KM39
Titel	The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV
Auteur	Davis, Theodore M.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Duckworth
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0715631209
ISBN13	9780715631201
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, b/w illustrations, 4to. Duckworth Egyptology Series.
Samenvatting	Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tuthmosis (Thoutmosis) IV, sponsored by Theodore M. Davis, initiated a decade of immensely fruitful work in the Valley of the Kings. The find was a rich and informative one. Undisturbed since the removal of the king's mummy around 1000 BC, the tomb's elegant chambers were literally strewn with antiquities - shabti-figures, model vessels, ritual equipment, textiles, throne panels, and a chariot. In the burial chamber itself stood the king's magnificent quartzite sarcophagus, its painted decoration as fresh as in antiquity. The Tomb of Thoutmosis IV was first published in 1904. Incorporating an historical essay on the king's reign by Gaston Maspero, a description of the work and illustrated catalogue of the finds by Carter and Percy E. Newberry, and a... (Lees verder) paper on the king's mummy by Grafton Elliot Smith, it represents Davis's full, official report on the discovery.
Pagina's	150
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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