Author: DESROCHES-NOBLECOURT, CHRISTIANE
Title: Ramses II : an illustrated biography
Description: Paris : Flammarion ; London : Thames & Hudson 2007. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective wrapping.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 251 pages; Description: 251 p. : ill. (chiefly col.). col. maps. port. ; 26 cm. Subject: Ramses -- II. -- King of Egypt. Pharaohs -- Biography. Egypt -- History -- Nineteenth dynasty. ca. 1320-1200 B.C. Summary: 'Over thirty-two centuries ago the glory of Ramses II - regarded as the living incarnation of God himself - radiated throughout Egypt. His sixty-seven year reign was punctuated with marvelous events: no pharaoh before or after would construct so many awe-inspiring monuments. or leave such a legacy of writings devoted to his accomplishments.' 'In this book. Christiane Desroches Noblecourt draws us into the enigmatic world of Ramses II. providing a reconstruction of the secret sacred ceremony of the pharaoh.'.Weight in Kg appr.:

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