pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: SILENT IMAGES
WOMEN IN PHARAONIC EGYPT
By: Zahi A. Hawass
Format: Hardback

List price: £32.00


We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source it.

ISBN 10: 0810944782
ISBN 13: 9780810944787
Publisher: ABRAMS
Pub. date: 1 April, 2000
Pages: 207
Description: Despite the multitude of objects and texts that have been discovered, questions about the true role of women in Ancient-Egyptian society still remain. This work draws on material from the author's own excavations and extensive analyses of older evidence in order to paint an astonishing picture.
Synopsis: Our endless fascination with ancient Egypt owes much to the beauty of the tomb paintings, statuary, temple reliefs, and other magnificent artworks that are the legacy of this remarkable culture. But despite the multitude of objects and texts that have survived, questions abound, particularly about the true role of women in Egyptian society. This wonderfully illustrated, brilliantly researched book draws on unpublished material from author Zahi Hawass' own excavations as well as new analyses of older evidence to penetrate the silent images and paint an astonishing picture of women's lives.Hawass contrasts the stereotype -- inspired by such symbols of femininity as the queens Nefertiti and Nefertari -- with a more realistic view of the common woman's everyday involvement in matters ranging from family life to dress and adornment to the workplace and the legal system. Lavish photographs of places and objects, many made especially for this book, round out an enthralling, richly textured work.
Illustrations: 150 colour illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
ALEXANDRIA (PB)
ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM (PB)
ANCIENT EGYPT AT THE CAIRO MUSEUM (PB)
BEYOND THE HORIZON (PB)
BIBBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA (PB)
CLEOPATRA (PB)
DECORATED BURIAL CHAMBERS (PB)
DISCOVERING TUTANKHAMUN (PB)
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD (PB)
EGYPTOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (HB)
EGYPTOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (HB)
EGYPTOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (HB)
GIZA AND THE PYRAMIDS (HB)
GIZA REPORTS (PB)
GOING FORTH BY DAY (HB)
HIDDEN TREASURES OF ANCIENT EGYPT (HB)
HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (PB)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (PB)
IN SEARCH OF COSMIC ORDER (PB)
INSIDE THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (PB)
INSIDE THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (PB)
JOHN RANSOM PHILIPS (HB)
KING TUTANKHAMUN (HB)
KING TUTANKHAMUN (HB)
MILLIONS OF JUBILEES (HB)
MOUNTAINS OF THE PHARAOHS (CD)
MOUNTAINS OF THE PHARAOHS (CD)
MOUNTAINS OF THE PHARAOHS (CD)
OLD KINGDOM POTTERY FROM GIZA (PB)
PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT EGYPT (PB)
PRESERVING EGYPT'S CULTURAL HERITAGE (PB)
PROCEEDING OF THE COLLOQUIUM ON THEBAN ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 (PB)
PYRAMIDS (HB)
REALM OF THE PHARAOHS (HB)
SCANNING THE PHARAOHS (HB)
SECRETS FROM THE SAND (HB)
SECRETS FROM THE SAND (PB)
SILENT IMAGES (PB)
THE CURSE OF THE PHAROAHS (HB)
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TUTANKHAMUN (PB)
THE GOLDEN KING (HB)
THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE LUXOR MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART AND THE NUBIA MUSEUM OF ASWAN (PB)
THE ISLAND OF KALABSHA (PB)
THE LOST TOMBS OF THEBES: LIFE IN PARADISE (HB)
THE MYSTERIES OF ABU SIMBEL (PB)
THE ROYAL TOMBS OF EGYPT (HB)
THE SECRETS OF THE SPHINX (PB)
THE TWIN TOMB CHAPEL OF NEBNEFER AND HIS SON MAHU AT SAKKARA (PB)
THE VALLEY OF THE GOLDEN MUMMIES (HB)
TUTANKAMUN (HB)
TUTANKHAMUN (HB)
TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS (HB)
TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS (PB)
UNEARTHING ANCIENT EGYPT (HB)
VALLEY OF THE GOLDEN MUMMIES (HB)
WONDERS OF ABU SIMBEL (PB)
WONDERS OF KARNAK (PB)
WONDERS OF THE HORUS TEMPLE (HB)
WONDERS OF THE PYRAMIDS (PB)


TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners (Hardback)
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £9.48
more details
The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £14.59
more details
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £10.94
more details
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Paperback)
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £14.60
more details
Legends & Myths of India, Egypt, China & Japan (Hardback)
Anness Publishing
Our Price : £8.75
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 HUMANITIES
 archaeology
 archaeology by period / region
 middle & near eastern archaeology
 egyptian archaeology


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 






Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB) Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket