Photographs by Kenneth Garrett
New paperback edition
This sumptuous book presents rarely seen antiquities
from the finest collection of ancient Egyptian masterpieces anywhere in
the world, culled from the unparalleled holdings of the Cairo Museum
and captured in lavish full-color photographs. From the tomb of the
boy-king Tutankhamun to new discoveries by author Zahi Hawass, head of
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hidden Treasures of Ancient
Egypt tells the fascinating tale of 150 years of archaeological
discovery. Exciting finds span 3,000 years of brilliant culture, from
the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic pharaohs who
followed Alexander the Great. Here are extraordinary statues and
mysterious sarcophagi, death masks of legendary rulers and the mummies
who wore them into the afterlife, religious artifacts and everyday
objects—each an important and colorful piece in a dazzling mosaic of
antiquity’s oldest and most enduring civilization.