Egypt: the living past
1992, 1st Edition. London: British Museum Press, in association with the Egyptian State Information Service. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #356359
ISBN: 0714109630
Physical description: 208 pages: color illustrations, map; 29 cm. Contents: The Nile: bringer of life --
The desert: place of spirits --Procession of the harvests --Monuments of eternity --Belief and conviction --Scribes, calligraphy and the word --
The bureaucratic web --
Commerce and craftsmanship --A gentle people. Subjects: Egypt.
Egypt -- Pictorial works.
Egypt -- History.
Price: €12.95