Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World shows a whole new side to the story of Tutankhamun's treasures, exploring the 100 years of research that has taken place since the tomb's discovery.
In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 - one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks across oceans had to invent new methods, and they we...
Nine years ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. For ten hours a day, he labored at his computer to create exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the interior of the Great Pyramid. After five years of effort, the images rotating on his computer screen provided evidence of an astonishing secret. Corkscrewing up the inside of the Great Pyramid is a mile-long ramp, un...
Egyptomania explores our three thousand year old fixation with recovering Egyptian culture and its meaning. Drawing on his personal collection - from Napoleon's twenty volume Egypt encyclopedia to Howard Carter's letters to an actual mummy - this is an inventive and mesmerizing tour of how an ancient civilization still endures today.
Ancient Egyptian Magic" is the first authoritative modern work on the occult practices that pervaded all aspects of life in ancient Egypt. Based on fascinating archaeological discoveries, it includes everything from how to write your name in hieroglyphs to the proper way to bury a king, as well as:
Tools and training of magicians
Interpreting dreams
Ancient remedies for headaches, cataracts, and indigestion
Wrapping a mummy
Recipes for mag...
A decade ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuriesold question: How was the Great Pyramid built? How, in a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age, could such a massive, complex, and enduring structure have been envisioned and constructed? Laboring at his computer ten hours a day for five years—creating exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the Pyramid's interior—Houdin finally had his answer. It...
Egyptian Mummies results from research done in preparation for the mummification of a human body, the first to be done in the Egyptian style in two thousand years. Through these studies, noted Egyptologist Bob Brier has unearthed the gripping stories of grave robberies and stolen mummies, the forgotten language of the pharaohs, and the tombs of the royal mummies. In an easily accesible and lively style, Brier uncovers the complete historical c...
One of the nation's most respected Egyptologists examines the compelling mystery behind the death of King Tutankhamen."Can the truth be known about a possible murder that would have been committed 3, 000 years ago? Respected Egyptologist Bob Brier, specialist in paleopathology and host of the Learning Channel's acclaimed series The Great Egyptians, believes it can. Skillfully combining known historical events with evidence gathered by advanced...
In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt, bound for Paris, London and New York. With no records of how obelisks had been moved in the past, the nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting them across oceans had to invent new methods, and they were far from certain that they would work. The world held its breath. Bob Brier, renowned Egyptologist and author, recreates a turbulent era, caught up in ...
Helps to explore the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. This title includes chapters which explore the preparation of food and drink, religious ceremonies and cosmology, work and play, the arts, military domination, and intellectual accomplishments.
Este libro presenta las claves indispensables para desvelar los enigmas de la civilización más deslumbrante y menos conocida del pasado. El autor, a partir de los descubrimientos arqueológicos más recientes, nos ofrece un vasto compendio de todos los aspectos y detalles de los egipcios...
