The Ancient Egypt Site - Exhibition Catalogs

The Ancient Egypt Bibliography is a growing list of over 550 books on Ancient Egypt, written in different languages.

This list is intentionally eclectic: some books will be highly scientific, some are meant for a more general audience and others yet are intended for children.

Several books in this list hold a link to the world's largest on-line bookshops: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, enabling you to expand your personal library with your favourite books on Ancient Egypt.

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Du Nil à l'Escaut

Author(s): Gubel, Eric e.a.
Published: Bruxelles, 1991

Ancient Egyptian artefacts from private collections in Belgium.

Egypte Eender en Anders

Author(s): Lunsingh Sheurleer, R.A. e.a.
Published: Amsterdam, 1984

Miscellaneous Ancient Egyptian objects, in part from daily-life usage.

Egypte Eternelle. Chefs-d'oeuvre du Brooklyn Museum

Author(s): De Meulenaere, Herman e.a.
Published: Bruxelles, 1976

Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum on display in Belgium.

Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids

Author(s): Arnold, Dorothea - Ziegler, Christiane e.a.
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 1999

Catalog for the exhibition "Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids", this book provides a great overview of the artistic achievements of the 3rd Dynasty and the Old Kingdom.

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Gifts of the Nile: Faience from Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Friedman, Florence
Published: Thames & Hudson, 1998

The catalog with the acclaimed exhibition about Ancient Egyptian masterpieces of art created in faience.

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Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Capel, Anne K. (ed.)
Published: Hudson Hills, 1997

Catalog for an exhibition examining and highlighting the role of women in the Ancient Egyptian society and religion.

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Pharaohs and Mortals. Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom

Author(s): Bourriau, Janine
Published: Cambridge, 1989

Royal and non-royal statues, reliefs and drawings from the Middle Kingdom.

Searching for Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Silverman, David P. (ed.)
Published: Cornell University Press, 1997

Catalog listing more than 130 objects, several that were previously unpublished, from the Predynastic to the Greek-Roman era.

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Splendors of Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Peck, William H.
Published: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1997

Guide to the exhibit of the treasures of the Romer-Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim in Germany, this book contains many pictures of rare and rarely published objects.

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Tanis. L'or des pharaons

Author(s): Leclant, Jean e.a.
Published: Paris, 1987

The treasures of the kings of the 21st and 22nd Dynasty, including many pictures and a brief discussion of each object's history and meaning.

The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Arnold, Dorothea
Published: Abrams, 1996

The royal women played an important part in the so-called Amarna-revolution and at Amarna. This catalog highlights their role and shows several of the most beautiful objects of art from that period.

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Treasures of Tutankhamun

Author(s): Edwards, I.E.S.
Published: New York, 1978

Catalog for the travelling exhibit of Egypt's most famous treasures: those found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. This book also focusses on the discovery of the tomb and includes pictures, not only of the treasures, but also of their discovery.

Tutankhamun

Author(s): Edwards, I.E.S.
Published: Mainz, 1980

High-quality catalog created for the exhibit of Tutankhamun's treasures in Germany in 1980. This book is in German.