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Searching for the lost tombs of Egypt / Chris Naunton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 288 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500051993
  • 0500051992
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Contents:
Introduction -- Imhotep: the man who became a god -- Visible to invisible: Amenhotep I and the Valley of the Kings -- The missing Amarna royals: the enduring mystery -- Herihor: a tomb to 'make Tutankhamun look like Woolworths'? -- A kingdom divided: the royal tombs of the Third Intermediate Period -- Buried three times in Egypt: the tombs of Alexander the Great -- The lost tomb of Cleopatra: a mausoleum lost underwater or a secret burial awaiting discovery? -- Final thoughts.
Summary: "Egypt boasts some of the most spectacular ancient ruins in the world, scattered across the entire country. Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have unearthed the burials of some of Egypt's celebrated pharaohs, from the chambers deep within the famed pyramids at Giza to the tombs hidden away in the rocky hills of the Valley of the Kings. And yet, many of the most intriguing and notorious individuals remain unaccounted for. Where are Alexander the Great and Cleopatra, both said by the historians of the Greek and Roman empires to have been buried in Egypt? Chris Naunton describes the quest for these and other great 'missing' tombs and those that we know must exist, but have yet to be found and presents the key moments of discovery that have yielded astonishing finds and created the archetypal image of the archaeologist poised at the threshold of a tomb left untouched for millennia"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An exciting archeologicalexploration of ancientEgypt that examines thepotential for discoveringthe remaining "lost"tombs of the pharaohs.

Tombs, mummies, and funerary items make up a significant portion of the archeological remains that survive ancient Egypt and have come to define the popular perception of Egyptology. Despite the many sensational discoveries in the last century, such as the tomb of Tutankhamun, the tombs of some of the most famous individuals in the ancient world--Imhotep, Nefertiti, Alexander the Great, and Cleopatra--have not yet been found.

Archeologist Chris Naunton examines the famous pharaohs, their achievements, the bling they might have been buried with, the circumstances in which they were buried, and why those circumstances may have prevented archeologists from finding these tombs.

In Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt , Naunton sheds light on the lives of these ancient Egyptians and makes an exciting case for the potential discovery of these lost tombs.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-276) and index.

Introduction -- Imhotep: the man who became a god -- Visible to invisible: Amenhotep I and the Valley of the Kings -- The missing Amarna royals: the enduring mystery -- Herihor: a tomb to 'make Tutankhamun look like Woolworths'? -- A kingdom divided: the royal tombs of the Third Intermediate Period -- Buried three times in Egypt: the tombs of Alexander the Great -- The lost tomb of Cleopatra: a mausoleum lost underwater or a secret burial awaiting discovery? -- Final thoughts.

"Egypt boasts some of the most spectacular ancient ruins in the world, scattered across the entire country. Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have unearthed the burials of some of Egypt's celebrated pharaohs, from the chambers deep within the famed pyramids at Giza to the tombs hidden away in the rocky hills of the Valley of the Kings. And yet, many of the most intriguing and notorious individuals remain unaccounted for. Where are Alexander the Great and Cleopatra, both said by the historians of the Greek and Roman empires to have been buried in Egypt? Chris Naunton describes the quest for these and other great 'missing' tombs and those that we know must exist, but have yet to be found and presents the key moments of discovery that have yielded astonishing finds and created the archetypal image of the archaeologist poised at the threshold of a tomb left untouched for millennia"-- Provided by publisher.

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