Ancient Egypt </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Silverman, David P.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1997</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>256tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The ancient Egyptians created some of the world's most beautiful art and architecture. To this day, this ancient civilization--which produced the great pyramids, the riddle of the Sphinx, and the riches of Tutankhamun--exerts a strong hold on our imaginations. \Now, in Ancient Egypt, eminent Egyptologist David P. Silverman and a team of leading scholars explore the cultural wealth of this civilization in a series of intriguing and authoritative essays based on the latest theories and discoveries. Illustrated with more than 200 superb color photographs, maps, and charts, this book illuminates the vivid and powerful symbolic images of this fascinating culture--from pyramids and temples to priests and rituals</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">David P. Silverman</note> <subject> <topic>History -- Culture</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>antiquity -- history</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 BC</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">932</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S587-D25</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780195219524, 019521952X</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15155/11.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15155/11.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071439.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>