Rediscovering Ancient Egypt: Chronicles from National GeographicArthur Meier Schlesinger, Fred L. Israel When National Geographic first appeared in 1888, no-one could have guessed it would become the worldwide success it has. That first issue was sent out to just 165 subscribers. Today, it's an astonishing 11 million people in over than 170 countries! This series celebrates Gilbert Grosvenor's first twenty-five years as editor and his maxim The mind must see before it can believe. From the earliest days, he filled the magazine with photographs that were a source of awe and wonder to his readers and, for virtually all of them, the first time they had ever seen such images. Taking original reporting and photos as they appeared in numerous issues - and building them into a chronological single volume - the books presented here cover: discoveries of the lost worlds of the Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas; the building and opening of the Panama Canal; the search for the origins of Judaism and Christianity; the mysteries of the Sahara; the rush for the North Pole and the race for the South Pole; the Russian people before the revolution What newly-translated papyrus scrolls tell us about Ancient Egypt |
Common terms and phrases
ABU SIMBEL Abydos Akhenaten Amenhotep Amenhotep III ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians animal Anubis Assouan Aten beautiful bird body builders building built burial place buried century chamber colonnades color columns court cult dead decorated Deir-el-Bahari desert discovered discovery earliest earth Egypt Exploration Fund Egyptian history Egyptology eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty erected evidence excavated Exodus fact famous father feet high Gilukhipa Grosvenor hall harem Hathor Hatshepsut's temple Herkhuf holy Horus IBIS CEMETERY ibises inscriptions interest Isis jackal Karnak Khufu king king's Kingdom land later limestone LUXOR Medinet Medinet Habu Merenptah modern mother mummified mummy National Geographic magazine Naville Nefertari Nile obelisk Osireion Osiris period of Egyptian Petrie Pharaoh PHILĘ picture portrait statue pottery preserved pylons Queen Hatshepsut Queen Tyi Rameses Rameses II reign religious royal tomb sacred sand Second Pyramid Senusert Sety Sphinx stands stone Syria Tahutmes temple of Amen-Ra Thebes Thoth tion twelfth dynasty walls wife wonderful