Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakers (Phoenix Press)
One of the best-known historians working today, and a world-renowned expert on the ancient world, presents a brilliant account of the lives of the stonemasons, scribes, and painters who created some of Egypt's finest treasures. Illustrated with both color photos and black-and-white drawings,...
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One of the best-known historians working today, and a world-renowned expert on the ancient world, presents a brilliant account of the lives of the stonemasons, scribes, and painters who created some of Egypt's finest treasures. Illustrated with both color photos and black-and-white drawings, this groundbreaking study goes back more than 3,000 years to a village where the workers who created the tombs of the Pharaohs and the Valley of the Kings resided. "John Romer is an archeologist with a genius for raising the busy ghosts of ancient Egypt."--Sunday Times
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781842120446 (1842120441)
ASIN: 1842120441
Publish date: 2003-10-01
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English