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A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology by Toby Wilkinson
$29.99 NZD
Category: World History
What could be more exciting, more exotic or more intrepid than digging in the sands of Egypt in the hope of discovering golden treasures from the age of the pharaohs? Our fascination with ancient Egypt goes back to the ancient Greeks. But the heyday of Egyptology was undoubtedly the nineteenth and early ...Show more
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History
From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers a ...Show more
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson
$37.00 NZD
Category: World History
Egypt is the most populous country in the world's most unstable region. It is the key to Middle East peace, the voice of the Arab world and the crossroads between Europe and Africa. Its historical and strategic importance is unparalleled. In short, Egypt matters. And the key to Egypt - its colourful pas ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
$37.00 NZD
Category: World History
This is a story studded with extraordinary achievements and historic moments, from the building of the pyramids and the conquest of Nubia, through Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the glory of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, and the ruthlessness of Ramesses, to Alexande ...Show more
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by WILKINSON, TOBY A.H.
$90.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Every year, millions of visitors are drawn to Egypt and to museum collections around the world to marvel at the fabulous culture of the pharaohs. The ancient civilization of the Nile Valley offers a bewildering array of kings and dynasties, gods and goddesses, temples and tombs, and this new dictionary ...Show more
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects by Toby Wilkinson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.’ In Tutankhamun’s Trumpet, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes a unique approach to a well-worn subject. Inst ...Show more
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