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Metropolitan Museum of Art (1999), Edition: First Edition, 536 pages
Description
This book accompanies the 1999-2000 travelling exhibition, which assembled one the most extensive collections of Egyptian art and artefacts since the Tutankhamun exhibition in the late 1970s. Illustrations and essays bring this panopoly of Old Kingdom objects to life.
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LibraryThing member Cynara
An excellent photographic guide to the once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of Old Kingdom Egyptian art, this book contains introductory essays on the Old Kingdom and beautiful photos of the objects in the exhibit. There are multiple views of the most important pieces.
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English
Original publication date
1999
Physical description
536 p.
ISBN
0870999060 / 9780870999062
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MJW
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