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The 3,500 year old story of Ahmose is being told here for the first time in a book intended for the Egypt enthusiast as well as the general public. Relying on ancient tomb inscriptions, papyrus texts, scribal exercises painted on wooden tablets, published sources, and a requisite amount of conjecture, the author has written an interpretive biography of this remarkable man. Ahmose lived through one of Egypt's greatest periods of transition, from a divided and conquered country into the world's first super power. He was an active soldier for over 40 years during the early 18th Dynasty and...

In 1908, prior to his association with Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon discovered a wooden tablet near the entrance of a tomb he was excavating. This inauspicious object, left in a basket in the Chief Inspector's office, turned out to be the most important inscription of the first 20 years of the 20th Century. It was studied and debated by scholars for years until 1932 when corroborating evidence for the story it told was uncovered. This booklet relates the events surrounding the tablet's discovery, offers extensive quotes from several of the more important articles published at the time, and...

The Names of the Kings of Egypt is part of Museum Tours' series "The Essentials" ... books that anyone serious about the study of Egyptology will find useful. A fully indexed listing of Egypt's Kings, including their Horus names, prenomens and nomens, along with most variations one is likely to encounter. It lists more than 300 kings and queens of Ancient Egypt, and contains about 850 cartouches and 300 serekhs. A "must have" tool for the Egyptologist, serious amateur, student or interested traveler. From Museum Tours Press.