Egypt category: 1199 books

Major-General Charles George Gordon, was known under many titles, Gordon Pasha, Chinese Gordon and Gordon of Khartoum; all of which stem from his long and distinguished service around the world in the British Army. In this biography, Lt.-General Butler charts Gordon’s progress through the phases...

E.A. Wallis Budge was an English philologist and writer who worked for the British museum. Budge wrote a lot on the ancient East after taking multiple trips to Egypt and the Sudan. This edition of Budges The Rosetta Stone includes a table of contents.

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Tutankamón, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá: • Descubrir cómo transcurre la vida de Tutankamón, un niño de salud frágil que se convierte...

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Toutânkhamon en moins d'une heure ! Qui ignore encore ce qu'est la malédiction de Toutânkhamon, qui précipitera le décès de certains membres de l'équipe ayant découvert le tombeau du pharaon ? Quels merveilleux trésors son tombeau renferme-t-il...

Les Ptolémées d'Alexandrie sont les derniers pharaons d'Egypte. A la mort d'Alexandre le Grand, l'empire conquis par le Macédonien est partagé entre ses différents généraux. Ptolémée Ier Sôter reçoit l'Egypte qu'Alexandre...

Die am 6. Dezember 1912 gefundene Büste der Nofretete gehört zu den berühmtesten Skulpturen der Welt. Wer aber war die geheimnisvolle schöne Königin? Woher kam sie, und warum verschwand sie plötzlich aus den Quellen? Auf der Grundlage altägyptischer Texte und archäologischer Funde zeigt Hermann...

I. e. 88.: az egész ókori világ háborúban áll. Nyugaton az itáliai államok Róma ellen lázadnak; keleten Mithridatész a seregével a birodalom ázsiai provinciáit hódítja meg. Még a...

The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to...

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Hypatia of Alexandria. Who was she? A brilliant young mathematician and scientist, murdered by a religious mob? An aging academic taken out by a rival political force? A sorceress who kept the Prefect and people of Alexandria in thrall through satanic wiles? Did she discover that the earth circled...

Un complesso studio, mirabile quanto singolare, un raro ed obiettivo viaggio nei secoli, inimitabile, dove l’utilizzo di precise relazioni era regola di bellezza e di armonia delle forme. Una bellezza speciale, legata ad un rapporto universale che esiste da sempre, espressione di una pura logica...

This catalogue features the major artifacts in the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California. It includes color photographs and descriptions of each, and essays on various aspects of ancient Egyptian culture.

Lucette Lagnado's father, Leon, is a successful Egyptian businessman and boulevardier who, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit, makes deals and trades at Shepherd's Hotel and at the dark bar of the Nile Hilton. After the fall of King Farouk and the rise of the Nasser dictatorship, Leon loses...