Tutankhamen : life and death of a Pharaoh / Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt ; with 75 colour photos by F.L. Kenett ; preface by Sarwat Okasha ; notes on the colour plates by A. Shoukry ; translated from the French by Claude
1964, 3rd edition. London : Connoisseur and Michael Joseph Ltd. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392545
Physical description; 312 pp.: illustrations (some color), portraits, maps, plans ; 26 cm. Contents; Return to the past -- The world of the dead and life west of Thebes -- The tomb -- The cradle of Tutankhaten -- Tutankhaten and the two capitals -- At Thebes, Nebkheprure-Tutankhamen, the king who "spent his life making images of the gods" -- The death of the king and preparations for immortality -- The dead god is reborn -- The thrice-married queen and the vengeance of Horemheb -- List of principal characters -- Notes on colour plates / Dr. Anwar Shoukry -- Bibliography -- List of monochrome illustrations -- Index. Subjects; Tutankhamen King of Egypt Tomb. Art, Egyptian. Pharaoh Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. Egpyt Ancient istory. Antiquities. Kings and rulers.
Price: €28.95