Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt

Matḥaf al-Miṣrī

An Exhibition of Antiquities from the Egyptian Museum, Cairo : Palais de la Civilisation, Montréal, June 1-September 29, 1985

The Great Pharaoh Ramses II and His Time

Abeer El-Shahawy

Cairoâ€™s Egyptian Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Some 150,000 pieces are exhibited, and another 30,000 are held in storerooms. This book carries full-color illustrations of many of the masterpieces of ancient art in the museum from the decorated vases, flint knives, and palettes of the predynastic period, through the magnificent artifacts of the pharaonic period, to the beautiful tempera portraits of the Roman period.

Matḥaf al-Miṣrī

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