Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass: Collector’s Edition Hardcover – August 31, 2010

An interesting guidebook to the Cairo Egyptian Museum. Zahi Hawass makes his choice of his favourite pieces from the museum. He starts with the replica of the Rosetta Stone and that the British Museum will not return it due to the security arrangements at Cairo Museum. Enough said. I could never understand why they have such a poor copy. The replica copy on the ground floor, which you are encouraged to touch, at the British Museum is much better. The photographs are excellent and Zahi's comments show his love of Ancient Egypt. For a more indepth guide "A walk through the Alleys of Ancient Egypt" by Abeer el-Shahawy is to be recommended

Every single positive word that a person can think of falls into this book. This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone interested in the past, present AND future of Egyptian history. (When I say 'future', you will read in the introduction, by Zahi Hawass, what plans are in place for the Grand Museum of Egypt that is currently under construction.)The photographer, Sandro Vannini, took some of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen of Egyptian antiquities.This book covers everything you can think of: Predynastic and Early Dynastic period, The Old Kingdom, the Monuments of the Middle Kingdom, the Monuments of the New Kingdom, Amarna rooms, Monuments of the Later Periods, History of the Royal Mummies, History of the Royal Tombs of Tanis, History of the Tutankhamun Collection, Jewellery of Ancient Egypt......and more.If you're anything like me and love the history of Ancient Egypt but can't afford to travel to Egypt to visit all the different museums, this is a book you can not pass up. This book is a Collector's Edition that anyone would be proud to display!

An excellent Source with Beautiful photos covering the Treasures of the Egyptian Museum from the earliest times to the last flowering inRoman times by the leading Native Egyptologist of today

I felt lost. I'm sure the museum is immense and contains a tremendous amount of artifacts. But I had a difficullt time trying to relate one to another. I'm sure that is difficult even when you are there, considering the tremendous number of centuries of history involved.

Dr. Hawass is a fascinating and insightful author.

I was disappointed with the lack of mummy pictures. The few that were in here were great. They were very detailed and almost startling when you turned the page. This book has pictures of statues and some jewelry in the museum and a caption on each; they were ok, but not as interesting to me as the mummy pictures. I much preferred "The Life of Ancient Egyptians"; it didn't have as many pictures, but was very informative about every day life of Egyptians.

great

this book shows all of Dr. Hawass's favorites at the Egyptian Museum, It was great!

Having visited the museum in Cairo earlier this year the book brought back vivid memories, The photographs are truly lifelike. Excellent value!!

A very interesting book. Very well illustrated & amazing about all the history that it tells one about Egypt & life all those years ago.

Perfect book.

This book essentially presents photographs of various artefacts in Cairo's Archeological Museum, each with a caption consisting of a short paragraph. This actually succeeds in making the reader appreciate each piece better than in the Museum itself. Anyone who has visited this crowded, messy and dusty place realizes however that such is not a major achievement.The photographs are all in full colour, set on a black background and quite beautiful. There is, however, a definite lack of coordination with the captions. Often enough, the photo will only show a close-up of a piece but the text will describe the whole. It is awkward for instance to read about a statue's feet when only the head is shown!The lay-out is strangely traditional, with each page being devoted either to text or photos. Though numerical references are provided, this is quite confusing as a caption may refer to a photo as much as 4 pages back or ahead.Those who have visited the Cairo Museum may find this book worthwhile as a souvenir. However, those unfamiliar with Egyptian history and art should look elsewhere for a substantial introduction to the field.

Fair overview.excellent pictures.mainly focused on authors curatorship