Author: ADAMS, JOHN M. (1950-)
Title: The millionaire and the mummies: Theodore Davis's Gilded Age in the Valley of the Kings / John M. Adams
Description: New York: St. Martin's Press 2013. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi. 363 pages: illustrations. map; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-345) and index. Contents; Thuyu's golden coffin -- Rekhmire's bronze bowl -- Hatshepsut's quartzite sarcophagus -- Kiya's alabaster jar -- Tawosret's golden earrings -- Yuya's vanished shabtis. Subjects; Davis. Theodore M. 1837-1915. Archaeologists - United States - Biography. Egyptologists - United States - Biography. Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Valley of the Kings. Tombs - Egypt - Valley of the Kings. Valley of the Kings (Egypt) - Antiquities. Weight in Kg appr.:

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