The Lost Pharaohs Author:Leonard Cottrell Leonard Cottrell's remarkable skill in bringing to life ancient civilizations and recapturing the excitement of archaeological discoveries is nowhere more evident than in THE LOST PHARAOHS. Here, the reader will travel with the pioneering archaeologists and witness some of the most dramatic discoveries of all time: the finding intact, in golden ... more »trappings and surrounded by evidences of overwhelming splendor, of the boy king Tutankhamun; the discovery, after 4,600 years, of the Royal Tomb of the Giza Pyramids -- and many others.
The author also supplies vivid accounts, based on extensive travels in Egypt, of such places as Luxor, the City of the Dead, and Tell-el-Amarna, the royal city of the Prophet-King Aknaten and his beautiful queen Nefertiti. In all, THE LOST PHARAOHS provides perhaps the best introduction to the study of Ancient Egypt and its monumental remains. A complete set of illustrations accompanies the text.« less