The Egypt of the Pharaohs at the Cairo Museum

Synopsis of The Egypt of the Pharaohs at the Cairo Museum

«The Egypt of the Pharaohs at the Cairo Museum» is the photographic essay on Egyptology by Jean-Pierre Corteggiani, in hardback, published by Harper & Row.

A work that surveys the collections of the Cairo Museum through photographs by Jean-François Gout and texts by Jean-Pierre Corteggiani: statues, funerary masks, sarcophagi, jewellery and everyday objects of ancient Egypt, placed in their historical and cultural context.

Translation of the French work L'Égypte des pharaons au Musée du Caire; with a foreword by Jean Leclant, English translation by Anthony Roberts and an index.

For readers interested in Egyptology, archaeology and ancient Egyptian art.