Ancient Egypt the Land and its Legacy-English, author T. G. H. James.

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The sites of the great cities and religious centers of ancient Egypt have yielded a wealth of objects which are now admired in museums all over the world. To the ancient Egyptians themselves, however, a mummy was not an object of curiosity but the focus of a complex burial ritual, and a fine statue made for a temple sanctuary was an object of worship, not a work of art. To illuminate the real significance of Egypt's legacy, T. G. H. James takes the reader back to the sites from which such pieces came. He follows the Nile from the Delta to Nubia, via the great monuments of Memphis, Abydos and Thebes, and shows why these places were to provide such superb evidence of the Egyptian achievement. His evocative text and the numerous illustrations combine to produce a book which will make a visit to the Egyptian galleries of a museum, or a journey to Egypt itself, a very much more rewarding experience. Publisher University of Texas Press, auther T. G. H. James, date 1990, illustrations 150, ISBN 292704267.