A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
By: Toby Wilkinson
3.97
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptolo…
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3.63
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
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2. Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt
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4.06
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3. Writings from Ancient Egypt
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4.10
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
A collection of rare texts from Ancient Egypt, newly translated for this essential edition The fa… read more
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4. Borrower of the Night (Vicky Bliss, #1)
By: Elizabeth Peters
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Meet art historian Vicky Bliss, She is as beautiful as she is brainy--with unassailable courage, in… read more
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5. Death in a Darkening Mist (Lane Winslow #2)
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3.72
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6. Street of the Five Moons (Vicky Bliss, #2)
By: Elizabeth Peters
4.50
Format: 191 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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7. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
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0.00
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8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
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4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
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3.79
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4.26
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4.17
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4.17
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13. The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
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4.19
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4.17
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4.03
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4.18
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4.17
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19. A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
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3.97
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
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4.13
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21. Egyptian Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria
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4.12
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