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A History of Egypt
From Earliest Times to the Present
Written by Jason Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
In A History of Egypt, Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab nation.
No country's past can match Egypt's in antiquity, richness, and variety. However, it... Read more >
From Earliest Times to the Present
Written by Jason Thompson
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $17.00
In A History of Egypt, Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab nation.
No country's past can match Egypt's in antiquity, richness, and variety. However, it... Read more >
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs : A Souvenir Book
Written by Zahi Hawass
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $9.95
It has been almost three decades since the first traveling exhibition of Tutankhamun's treasures drew nearly 10 million viewers and sparked worldwide "Tut-mania." Now, celebrating this priceless collection's new tour of Europe and the United States, National Geographic presents a jewel-like little book featuring more than 30 of its finest pieces.
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Written by Zahi Hawass
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $9.95
It has been almost three decades since the first traveling exhibition of Tutankhamun's treasures drew nearly 10 million viewers and sparked worldwide "Tut-mania." Now, celebrating this priceless collection's new tour of Europe and the United States, National Geographic presents a jewel-like little book featuring more than 30 of its finest pieces.
... Read more >
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic
Written by Zahi Hawass
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
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Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic
Written by Zahi Hawass
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
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The Linguist and the Emperor
Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
Written by Daniel Meyerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2005
Price: $13.95
The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual achievements of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura feat of translation have become shrouded in myth and mystery. Now in his... Read more >
Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
Written by Daniel Meyerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2005
Price: $13.95
The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual achievements of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura feat of translation have become shrouded in myth and mystery. Now in his... Read more >
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The Linguist and the Emperor
Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
Written by Daniel Meyerson
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $13.95
The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual triumphs of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura feat of translation have become shrouded in myth and mystery. Now in his... Read more >
Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
Written by Daniel Meyerson
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $13.95
The deciphering of the Rosetta stone was one of the great intellectual triumphs of all time, unlocking the secrets of thousands of years of Egypt’s ancient civilization. Yet in the past two centuries, the circumstances surrounding this bravura feat of translation have become shrouded in myth and mystery. Now in his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Parting the Desert
The Creation of the Suez Canal
Written by Zachary Karabell
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2003
Price: $27.50
The building of the Suez Canal was considered the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century, but, as Zachary Karabell shows, it was much more than a marvel of construction. It was a moment when the dreams and hopes of two cultures, several states, and thousands of ordinary people converged to... Read more >
The Creation of the Suez Canal
Written by Zachary Karabell
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2003
Price: $27.50
The building of the Suez Canal was considered the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century, but, as Zachary Karabell shows, it was much more than a marvel of construction. It was a moment when the dreams and hopes of two cultures, several states, and thousands of ordinary people converged to... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Cairo
The City Victorious
Written by Max Rodenbeck
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2000
Price: $15.95
From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself.
With... Read more >
The City Victorious
Written by Max Rodenbeck
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2000
Price: $15.95
From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has never ceased reinventing herself.
With... Read more >
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