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Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt by Salima Ikram
51.95 AUD
Category: Art
The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, a series of studies ...Show more
Fun Things to Do with Dead Animals by Salima Ikram; Eden Unger Bowditch
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: American University in Cairo Press Ser.
Life can be a challenge when your mother gives your friends dead mice in your birthday goody bags and offers to mummify your class pet bunny. Amun Ra (yes, like the Egyptian god) shares the story of his endlessly embarrassing and unconventional life with his Mummy, the famous Egyptologist Amilas Marquis ...Show more
Prisse D’avennes: Egyptian Art by Salima Ikram
39.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
The complete, revelatory illustrations of Egyptologist Émile Prisse d’Avennes, one of the first European explorers to fall obsessively in love with the realm of the pharaohs. This unsurpassed collection covers Egyptian architecture, drawing, sculpture, and painting in a visual and archaeological feast o ...Show more
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