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  • The Floating Stones of Egypt

    by James V. Barr ...
    People have been speculating for centuries about how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. Few people have paid attention to Herodotus and his writings about Egypts intricate canal system, but historian James V. Barr believes these played a critical role in pyramid construction. Relying on years of research, he presents the lock and canal system of construction. Barr also examines other ... Read more

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  • A History of Egypt

    by James Henry Breasted ...
    James Henry Breasted (August 27, 1865 December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist and historian who focused his career on Egypt and did research into the rise of civilization in the Near East. In 1905, as a member of the University of Chicagos faculty, Breasted was promoted to professor in the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States. In 1905, Breasted published A ... Read more

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  • Cleopatra

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Cleopatra VII Philopator, known to history simply as Cleopatra, was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, shortly survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. After her reign, Egypt became a province of the then-recently established Roman Empire. ... Read more

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  • Egyptian Mummies, A Very Peculiar History

    by Jim Pipe ...
    Series Book 16 - A Very Peculiar History
    You can't take it with you - or can you? Discover the grisly process of mummification, from embalming and stuffing the corpse to preparing a home for eternity. This title explores the quirky side of a journey to the afterlife, looking at the myth and the science surrounding Ancient Egyptian burial practices, and the lives of the Gods that inspired them. Full of fascinating lists, creepy stories ... Read more

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  • A History of Egypt

    From Earliest Times to the Present

    by Jason Thompson ...
    In A History of Egypt*,* Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab nation.No country's past can match Egypt's in antiquity, richness, and variety. However, it is rarely presented as a comprehensive panorama because scholars ... Read more

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  • Horemheb: The Forgotten Pharaoh

    The Forgotten Pharaoh

    by Charlotte Booth ...
    Horemheb ruled Egypt after Tutankhamun, and was fundamental in bringing Egypt back to the rich and powerful nation it was before Akhenaten took the throne. Rather than simply clearing up the mess left behind after the Amarna period, he lay the foundations for the kings who were to come, and his choice of heir to the throne, led eventually to the rule of Ramses II, one of the most famous kings in ... Read more

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  • Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs

    The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus

    by Ahmed Osman ...
    A provocative thesis that the historical Jesus was connected to the royal 18th dynasty of Egypt• Contends that Jesus, Joshua, and Tutankhamun were the same person• Provides evidence from church documentation, the Koran, the Talmud, and archaeology that the Messiah came more than a millennium before the first century C.E.• Shows that Christianity evolved from Essene teachingsAlthough it is commonly ... Read more

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  • Thutmose III: The Military Biography of Egypt's Greatest Warrior King

    by Richard A. Gabriel ...
    In the course of his thirty-two-year reign over ancient Egypt, Thutmose III fought an impressive seventeen campaigns. He fought more battles over a longer period of time and experienced more victories than Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar did. Despite Thutmose III's surprisingly illustrious record, his name does not command the same immediate recognition as these highly visible military ... Read more

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  • History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 3, Illustrated

    by G. Maspero ...
    The thirteen-book series includes over 1200 illustrations. This volume covers: Ancient Chaldea, The Temples and the Gods of Chaldea, and Chaldean Civilization. According to Wikipedia: "Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (June 23, 1846 June 30, 1916) was a French Egyptologist... Among his best-known publications are the large Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient classique (3 vols., Paris, 1895 ... Read more

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  • New Kingdom Egypt

    by Mark Healy ...
    Series Book 40 - Elite
    Builders of the Pyramids and most ancient of all the powers of the biblical world, the Egyptians remain one of history's most fascinating and enigmatic peoples.During the New Kingdom era, Egypt reached the peak of its power, wealth, and territory. Through the intensive military campaigns of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1490-1436BC), Palestine, Syria, and the northern Euphrates area in Mesopotamia were ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Bazaar in the Islamic City

    Design, Culture, and History

    Edited by Mohammad Gharipour ...
    The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary ... Read more

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  • Cleopatra's Needles

    The Lost Obelisks of Egypt

    by Dr Bob Brier ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Egyptology
    In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 – one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks ... Read more

    $26.49 USD