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English edition
Mar
2010
400 pp.
Hardbound
49.5X34.5 cm
$4400.00
LE 22500.00
ISBN
978 1 907397 12 7
For sale only in the Middle East and North America
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A Secret Voyage
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Zahi Hawass
A magnificent celebration of the sublime world of ancient Egypt
This exquisite, 400-page signed limited edition is a captivating journey through the world of the Theban Necropolis narrated by Zahi Hawass, the world-acclaimed Egyptian archaeologist, and illustrated by stunning super-high-resolution images by Italian photographer Sandro Vannini.
Inside this black silk-covered book, Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, shares anecdotes and personal stories about his many years of experience and connection with the field, along with a highly entertaining narrative, and even translated pharaonic poems about love, beauty, celebration, work, foes, life along the Nile, and the afterlife.
In parallel, Sandro Vannini through unique access to restricted sites across Egypt, “long hours of observation, sometimes in total solitude,” and using cutting-edge digital techniques and specially designed lighting, has photographed 166 spectacular images, with meticulous detail and from unique perspectives, of fine jewelry, engraved gold shrines, tomb paintings, and funerary equipment—countless rare treasures unseen or long closed to the world.
Zahi Hawass is the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. He is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including Life in Paradise (AUC Press, 2009).
Sandro Vannini is an acclaimed photographer who has worked closely with Zahi Hawass over many years. He is the photographer of Life in Paradise (AUC Press, 2009).
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