The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt

by Charles R. Levenstein, United Exhibits Group (Denmark), National Gallery of Art (u. S.)

Book Overview

This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects such as coffins, tombs, masks, jewellery, papyri, sarcophagi... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894683039
• ISBN13: 9780894683039
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: National Gallery of Art
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully Done Exhibit Book

Well done highlight of an exhibit that easily equals the Tut exhibit. Photos are gorgeous and text is just enough without bogging you down in details.

Beautifully illustrated catalog

This exhibition catalog is beautifully illustrated, with many of the photographs extremely clear and all of very high quality. Most inscriptions are readable; larger objects are not just shown whole, but also in detail. It is a pleasure to see some many objects from Tanis included - King Tut has been over-exposed and the Tanis objects are less well-known.The introductory essays provide useful background information; the catalog item descriptions are useful but of varying depth.

Great companion to a wonderful exhibit

The Quest for Immortality now at the National Gallery in Washington, DC is an eye-popping collection of famous items and unseen wonders from Cairo's Egyptian Museum. With the images fresh in your mind of the originals use the catalog articles to expand your knowledge of Queen Ahhotep and her jewels or the beauty of Nakhtmin's wife.Don't miss my favorites the charming Ptolemaic bronze cat votive and the lapis lazuli Goddess Maat from the Third Intermediate Period.