Large hardback.  230 pages.  In new condition in original glassine wrapper.  Cat No 4991

Examines the social, intellectual and institutional contexts that have shaped the way that the history of ancient art is  written including the emergence of academic disciplines, the role of collections in the evaluation of ancient art, and issues of cultural authority in the interpretation

A case study of a natural disaster - the eruption of Santorini (Thera) in the C16th BC which covered the island's Bronze Age settlements with ash and altered the course of civilisation.  This book blends geology, archaeology, history, culture and the environmental setting of Santorini using

A monumental and comprehensive review by noted egyptologist of every conceivable aspect of ancient Egyptian burial practices - tombs, mummification, coffins, books of the dead, burial objects, scarab seals, canopic jars and an extensive survey of amulet hieroglyphs.  Hardback.  514 page