Gold of the pharaohs
By: Hans Wolfgang Müller, Eberhard Thiem ; [translators, Pierre Imhoff and Dafydd Roberts].
Contributors: Thiem, Eberhard.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Jewelry -- Egypt.; Jewelry, Ancient -- Egypt.; Goldwork -- Egypt.; Art, Egyptian.; Egypt -- Antiquities.; Egypt -- Civilization.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Work titles: Schätze der Pharaonen.
Description: In over 400 color photographs, presents the widest range of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels ever assembled in a single volume. Also provides a vivid introduction to the life and culture of ancient Egypt.
Notes: Translation of Die Schätze der Pharaonen. Published in the U.K. as: The royal gold of ancient Egypt.

Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250).
Table of contents: value: The magic of gold; value: Jewellery of the prehistoric period; value: The early Dynastic Period; value: The gold mines; value: Tomb-robbery; value: The old kingdom; value: Titles, insignia and jewellery; value: Goldworkers and jewellers; value: Old kingdom jewellery finds; value: The middle kingdom; value: New forms; value: New techniques; value: Middle kingdom jewellery finds; value: The new kingdom; value: The jewellery of Queen Ahhotep; value: Gold in abundance; value: Innovations in dress and jewellery; value: The treasure of the 'three princesses'; value: The funerary treasure of Tutankhamun; value: The Ramesside Period; value: The late Dynastic Period; value: The jewellery of the high priests of Thebes; value: The royal Necropolis of Tanis; value: Gold from the pyramids of Kush; value: The Saite and Persion Periods; value: Jewellery of the Ptolemaic Period; value: The golden treasure of Meroe.