Bøker av Zahi Hawass

The latest discoveries about the royal mummies and what they reveal about the life and death of ancient Egyptians, with 340 high quality illustrations.

The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This volume takes the reader through Tutankhamuns tomb room-by-room in the order that it was discovered and excavated.

This awe-inspiring and revelatory volume is a comprehensive and authoritative presentation of the most recent archaeological findings on the Egyptian Pyramids. After his successful Netflix documentary Unknown: The Lost Pyramid, world-renowned Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, updates readers on the newest discoveries related to the pyramids. Each chapter includes maps, floor plans, reconstructions, and specially commissioned photographs, accompanied by insights from a major archaeologist and researcher capable of an account so rich it makes history come alive! This book throws new light on the world that existed around the pyramids, on the lives of the workers who built them, and on the court dignitaries who were granted the privilege of burial place near that of their king.

Brimming with close-up photographs of the statuary, stelae, sarcophagi, wall paintings, reliefs, artefacts, and, of course, the monuments, this volume offers an information-packed overview of the history of ancient Egypt.