King Tutankhamun
The Treasures of the Tomb
Zahi Hawass
Photographs by Sandro Vannini
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| ‘Unpack the treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb as spread after glittering spread unfurls in this sumptuous new book’ | | – The Times |
| ‘The ultimate book on the boy king … breathtaking images’ | | – The Daily Express |
King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb gives a unique perspective on the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known.
This spectacular book uses carefully selected objects to illustrate the entire ten years of painstaking excavation and documentation carried out by Howard Carter and his team. Following the chambers of the tomb in the order in which Carter excavated them, it displays the site’s most magnificent artifacts, including all of the objects in current Tutankhamun exhibitions.
The superb images allow the objects from the tomb to be seen in even more detail than is possible with the naked eye, in stunning full-colour spreads and foldouts throughout the book.
Visit the website of the Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2, London
15 November 2007 – 30 August 2008
Zahi Hawass is Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, and Director of Excavations at Giza, Saqqara, and the Bahariya Oasis. He has made many major archaeological discoveries, including the tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza and the identification of the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut. His scores of books and articles on ancient Egypt include The Royal Tombs of Egypt and his autobiography Secrets from the Sand, both published by
Thames & Hudson.
Sandro Vannini is an acclaimed photographer, and has worked closely with
Zahi Hawass over the years. He contributed photographs to
The Royal Tombs of Egypt.
Also of interest:
The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed
Secrets from the Sand: My Search for Egypt's Past
by Zahi Hawass
The Complete Tutankhumun:
The King · The Tomb · The Royal Treasure |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500051518 | | ISBN-13 978-0500051511 | | | | 34.0 x 24.5 cm | | Hardback including 26 foldouts | | 296pp | | 324 illustrations, 317 in colour | | First published 2007 | | | | £39.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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