Author: Henri Stierlin
“The World of the Pharaohs”, gives a broad outline of the three thousand year long evolution of the Pharaonic kingdom. From the dawn of history and the first king who united Upper and Lower Egypt, about 3000 BC, to the closing of the temple of Philae in AD 550, Egyptian civilization displays a never failing cultural, religious and artistic unity.
Dramatic upheavals put an end to the great periods known as the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. Nevertheless, the constant aim of the monarchs ruling over the Nile Valley was to revive the ancient might and splendour the country first received from their great ancestors: the pyramid-builders.
Centred round abundant and original illustrations presenting the monuments and masterpieces of Pharaonic art in full colour, this book pays very special attention to the works of the “father of architecture”, the Pharaoh Zoser, and his funerary complex at Saggara. It also covers the famous treasures of Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, and shows in detail the marvellous temples of later Egypt, built during the Ptolemaic period.