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Photographs and essays explore seventy of the most mysterious aspects of ancient Egypt, including the pyramids, tombs, pharaohs and queens, people, places, beliefs, and accomplishments of time.

Photographs and text chronicle the discovery and exploration of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Contains color photographs of ancient Egyptian artifacts, many of which are featured in the exhibit of Tutankhamun's treasures traveling Europe and the United States in the early twenty-first century, and includes essays that examine pharaonic history, daily life and religion in ancient Egypt, and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins is about to make her debut into 1815 London society at a lavish party, where she meets Lord Showalter, a wealthy and eligible man who collects Egyptian antiquities and who is hiding a dangerous secret.

"The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs'...

"In the 1920s, archeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle made headlines around the world with the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. But behind it all stood Lady Evelyn Herbert--daughter of Lord Carnarvon--whose daring spirit and relentless curiosity made the momentous find possible. Nearly 3,000 years earlier, another woman defied the expectations of her time: Hatshepsut, Egypt's lost pharaoh....