The Temples of Karnak is a magnificent excursion to the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak and the only complete photographic record of this important historic site. Because of recent vandalism, many of the buildings are no longer intact, and it is now impossible to see the details so beautifully captured in these images by award-winning photographers Georges and Valentine de Mir???. The unconventional insights of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, the renowned Egyptian scholar, ...
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The Temples of Karnak is a magnificent excursion to the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak and the only complete photographic record of this important historic site. Because of recent vandalism, many of the buildings are no longer intact, and it is now impossible to see the details so beautifully captured in these images by award-winning photographers Georges and Valentine de Mir???. The unconventional insights of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, the renowned Egyptian scholar, illuminate more than 450 full-page plates and delicate line drawings. In chapters on 'The Land of the Nile', 'The Writing', 'Myth', 'The Royalty' and 'The Temples of Karnak' Schwaller de Lubicz describes in mystical terms the enigmatic beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. Situated just a few miles from Luxor, the temples of Karnak reveal the remains of a world devoted to an unimpeachable faith in the afterlife - a faith whose conviction exalted its builders and artists to produce one of the most magnificent buildings of ancient Egypt.
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Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. 32cm x 24cm. 730 pages, black and white illustrations. Quarter navy cloth, silver lettering, pictorial glossy papered boards, pictorial jacket, slipcase. Translated from the French Les Temples de Karmak by Andre Vanden Broeck. A complete photographic record of monuments, ruins, statues and the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak. Includes the land of the Nile, mythology, and royal cartouches from the 18th to the 30th dynasties. Fine Condition in Near Fine Jacket. Minor foxing to jacket verso. Shipped Weight: 3.65 kilos. ISBN: 0500019231. ISBN/EAN: 9780500019238.
