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Amarna's Leatherwork
Andre J. Veldmeijer
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Description for Amarna's Leatherwork
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, 100 b/w; 500 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 294 x 207 x 10. Weight in Grams: 1334.
The ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna (or Amarna, ancient Akhetaten) was the short-lived capital built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten, probably the father of the famous Tutankhamun, and abandoned shortly after his death (c. 1336 BCE). It is one of the few Pharaonic cities to have been thoroughly excavated and is a rich source of information about the daily life of the ancient Egyptians.
This volume, the first of two, presents the leatherwork excavated at the site by these various expeditions. The book consists of two parts: the ... Read more
The ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna (or Amarna, ancient Akhetaten) was the short-lived capital built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten, probably the father of the famous Tutankhamun, and abandoned shortly after his death (c. 1336 BCE). It is one of the few Pharaonic cities to have been thoroughly excavated and is a rich source of information about the daily life of the ancient Egyptians.
This volume, the first of two, presents the leatherwork excavated at the site by these various expeditions. The book consists of two parts: the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sidestone Press Netherlands
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Leiden, Netherlands
ISBN
9789088900754
SKU
V9789088900754
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Ref
99-3
About Andre J. Veldmeijer
André J. Veldmeijer (assistant director for Egyptology at the Netherlands Flemish Institute Cairo) studied archaeology at Leiden University and received his PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology from Utrecht University in 2006. He has worked in Egypt since 1995 as a leather, footwear and cordage specialist in various research projects. His second PhD, on the archaeology of footwear, is planned for the ... Read more
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