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The Legend of the Jews
Legends of the Jews is a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories…
Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
This is the first publication to analyse fully the significance of faience in ancient Egypt, and to present the most marvellous examples of its creation. The editor shows how faience was used and produced, as well as its symbolic values.
Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh
The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt's early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, she in time assumed the title of king and exercised the…