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Title: The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West by Kent Weeks ISBN: 1-58663-295-7 Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Pub. Date: 31 December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Buried
Comment: This is the best book on the Valley of the Kings. I own John Romer's and Nicholas Reeves books,which I highly recommend,but this one I like best. This is a must own book if you love the tombs. It won't let you down. Well worth the money. Buy it before it goes out of print.
Rating: 5
Summary: Took my breath away!
Comment: Having read Kent Week's book "The Lost Tomb" I was impressed with his accessable writing style. So, seeing this book was like waving a red flag at a bull. I have been to many of the sights featured in this book and could not afford to visit all. To my joy, on opening this volume and seeing the quality of the photographs I realised now that I could! It is the next best thing to actually BEING tere and in some cases .. better! I know that sounds odd ... but in reality a lot of the KV paintings are covered with glass to prevent damage ... or you are not allowed to take a camera in ... even if you can, you may not use flash. So your own pictures always fall short. THIS is professionally lit, photographed and documented ... with great care taken to render the Theabian west bank in all it's glory. Bravo!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Treasure
Comment: I had looked forward with great anticipation to the arrival of this book - and I am not at all disappointed. In the past few years a few books have been published which have delighted my eyes, Tutankhamun, by T.G.H. James, and Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and now the present work. They share in common the photographer - Araldo De Luca.
De Luca is a consumate artist of light. Throughout this book you will see exquisite shots, described and formed by the light of Egypt - Medinet Habu at dawn, The Temples of Hatshepsut and Mentuhotep, from the air in the dawn light, at the precise moment that the entire Valley of the Kings lies in shadows between golden cliffs behind. There are more - photographs of objects and buildings that I have never seen, or at least not so clearly. De Luca has found the perfect vantage point for every shot, it seems, and has waited for the light to lift the ordinary into statement, explanation rather than simple recording.
Sprinkled through the various essays - and each essay written by a distinguished expert in their field - are delightful drawings, diagrams and maps. We have sumptuous renderings of the interior of Tutankhamon's tomb, which are not so uncommon, but this volume goes on to show us drawings of the interior of Nefertari's tomb, and there's more! The tombs of the Nobles are pictured with the same fine sensitivity as well as the mortuary temples of the west bank.
The essays take a back seat, at first glance, so truly wonderful are the photographs, but here you will find rich descriptions and explanations of the monuments and the objects found within them. Kent Weeks is the general editor; there is an introduction by Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarek; Rita Freed, Melinda K. Hartwig, Erik Hornung, Christian Leblanc ... the list of eminent persons goes on.
Congratulations to the publishers, Friedman/Fairfax, and to all those who produced this wonderful book, from type-setters to press persons. This is a treasure! Thank you! L.P.H.!!
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Title: Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo by Francesco Tiradritti ISBN: 0810932768 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs by C. N. Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson, Nicholas Reeves ISBN: 0500050805 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson ISBN: 0500051003 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries by Mark Lehner, Richard H. Wilkinson ISBN: 0500050848 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 24 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Atlas of the Valley of the Kings: Boxed by Kent R. Weeks ISBN: 9774245490 Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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