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Jewels of the Pharaohs

Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period

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  • 256 stron
  • 9 godzin czytania

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For the first time in a single volume, nearly 200 priceless objects from collections all over the world. Diadems, armlets, earrings, pendants, rings, bracelets, breastplates, amulets ...wrought in the rare and precious gems and metals that have stirred man's greed and wonder for centuries...Nubian gold, vivid lapis lazuli, bright-colored camelian. Cyril Aldred, one of the world's foremost Egyptologists, tells their enchanting and dramatic story...the myths and legends, the discoveries and thefts, that have marked each treasure's history. He explains the fascinating uses and significance of Egyptian jewels and describes the amazing techniques that created them.

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Jewels of the Pharaohs, Cyril Aldred, Albert Shoucair

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Rok wydania
1971
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Tytuł
Jewels of the Pharaohs
Podtytuł
Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period
Język
angielski
Rok wydania
1971
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
256
ISBN10
0500231389
ISBN13
9780500231388
Seria
Opis
For the first time in a single volume, nearly 200 priceless objects from collections all over the world. Diadems, armlets, earrings, pendants, rings, bracelets, breastplates, amulets ...wrought in the rare and precious gems and metals that have stirred man's greed and wonder for centuries...Nubian gold, vivid lapis lazuli, bright-colored camelian. Cyril Aldred, one of the world's foremost Egyptologists, tells their enchanting and dramatic story...the myths and legends, the discoveries and thefts, that have marked each treasure's history. He explains the fascinating uses and significance of Egyptian jewels and describes the amazing techniques that created them.