Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass Collector's Edition |
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| Author:
| Hawass, Zahi |
| Photographer:
| Vannini, Sandro |
| ISBN: | 978-977-416-364-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | American University in Cairo Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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Here for the first time is the world's best-known Egyptologist's personal introduction to the unmissable highlights of the Museum--Zahi Hawass's own selection of his favorite 200 exhibits. For each piece, he gives some background to its discovery and significance, and describes what it means for him in terms of the art or the history of ancient Egypt, and why it strikes a personal chord.
Here for the first time is the world's best-known Egyptologist's personal introduction to the unmissable highlights of the Museum--Zahi Hawass's own selection of his favorite 200 exhibits. For each piece, he gives some background to its discovery and significance, and describes what it means for him in terms of the art or the history of ancient Egypt, and why it strikes a personal chord.