Showing The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed by Zahi Hawass

Hardcover. Pub Date: 12 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book! A lavishly illustrated Survey of the remarkable wall paintings in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. All SPECIALLY photographed and accompanied by a detailed analysis of ancient Egyptian society and beliefs.The Valley of the Kings is famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. It was here. in 1922. that Howard Carter stumbled upon the virtually intact tomb of the boy-king. Tutankhamun. And here. in recent months. that archaeologists discovered a new tomb with its wooden sarcophagi. painted funeral masks. and alabaster jars.The royal tombs. tunneled into the Theban cliffs. represented both gates to the Netherworld and the womb of the Great Goddess. Many of them contain wall paintings of the king with various gods and godd...