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  | | Ancient Egyptian Magic A Hands-on Guide (Hardback) by Christina Riggs Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05212-9, ISBN: 0-500-05212-3 "An entertaining and informative introduction to how ancient Egyptians practiced magic in their daily lives." |
 | | Treasured How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century (Hardback) by Christina Riggs Hardcover, Published 2022 by Publicaffairs, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5417-0121-2, ISBN: 1-5417-0121-6 |
 | | Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture(1st Edition) A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Christina Riggs Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-968278-2, ISBN: 0-19-968278-X "From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who first made and used it - and why has it had such an enduring appeal? In this Very Short Introduction, Christina Riggs explores the visua ..." |
 | | Photographing Tutankhamun Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive (Photography, History: History, Photography) by Dr Christina Riggs, Elizabeth Edwards, Jennifer Tucker, Patricia Hayes Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Visual Arts ISBN-13: 978-1-350-03851-6, ISBN: 1-350-03851-2 "They are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut more than 3,300 years ago. Yet until now, no study has explored the ways in which photography helped mythologize the tomb of Tutankhamun, nor ..." |
 | | The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt(1st Edition) (Oxford Handbooks) by Christina Riggs Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957145-1, ISBN: 0-19-957145-7 "Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today -- east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and ..." |
 | | Treasured How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century (Hardback) by Christina Riggs Hardcover, Published 2021 by Atlantic Books 2021-11-04 ISBN-13: 978-1-83895-051-4, ISBN: 1-83895-051-6 |
 | | Egypt (Lost Civilizations) by Christina Riggs Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2017 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-726-8, ISBN: 1-78023-726-X "From Roman villas to Hollywood films, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspiration in many other cultures. But why, exactly, has this been the case? In this book, Christina Riggs examines the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt to illuminate why it has been so influential throughout the centuries. In doing so, she shows how the ancient past has always been used to serve contemporary purposes. Often characterize ..." |
 | | Unwrapping Ancient Egypt The Shroud, the Secret and the Sacred by Dr Christina Riggs Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-85785-507-7, ISBN: 0-85785-507-7 "In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place.This book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at the way their unwrapping has shaped the way ..." |
 | | Photographing Tutankhamun Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive by Christina Riggs 272 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-00-021164-1, ISBN: 1-00-021164-9 "In Envisioning the Past : Archaeology and the image , edited by Sam Smiles and Stephanie Moser , 72–91 . Malden , MA and ... Price , Sally . Primitive Art in Civilized Places , 2nd ed . ... Contesting Antiquity in Egypt : Archaeologies , Museums and the Struggle for Identities from World War 1 to Nasser . Cairo and New York ..." |
 | | Ancient Egyptian Magic A Hands-On Guide by Christina Riggs 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-77576-9, ISBN: 0-500-77576-1 "II: World of the Love Songs, Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2015; Lise Manniche, Sexual Life in Ancient Egypt, London: Kegan Paul, 2nd edn 2002. Spell to Attract a Woman: J. F. Borghouts, Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts, Leiden : Brill, ..." |
 | | Egypt by Christina Riggs 208 Pages, Published 2017 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-774-9, ISBN: 1-78023-774-X "On the other side of Hermes Trismegistus, a table supported by Greek-style sphinxes also refers to secret wisdom, sacred words and God the creator, beloved of his son; its Latin inscription quotes one of the Corpus Hermeticum texts. With Hermes as its central axis, the mosaic panel thus uses both image and text to suggest a direct relationship between ancient Egypt's skilled writings and the promise of creation, ultimately fulfille ..." |
 | | Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture A Very Short Introduction by Christina Riggs 144 Pages, Published 2014 by Oup Oxford ISBN-13: 978-0-19-150526-3, ISBN: 0-19-150526-9 "John H. Taylor, Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (University of Chicago Press, 2001) draws on the collections of the British Museum to consider mummification, coffins, and tomb equipment throughout Egyptian history. Richard H. ... Although the list below features US and British institutions, don't overlook museums like the Louvre in Paris, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Egyptian Museum (housed in the Neues Muse ..." |
 | | Unwrapping Ancient Egypt by Christina Riggs 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-85785-498-8, ISBN: 0-85785-498-4 "Carter had been appointed at the start of that year as chief inspector of antiquities for Upper Egypt, answering to the overall head of the antiquities service, Gaston Maspero.1 His appointment, alongside James Quibell as chief inspector for Lower Egypt, was the result of delicate negotiations between Maspero; leading British figures like Flinders Petrie, who by then had been appointed to the chair of Egyptian archaeology at UCL; a ..." |
 | | The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt by Christina Riggs 816 Pages, Published 2012 by Oup Oxford ISBN-13: 978-0-19-162633-3, ISBN: 0-19-162633-3 "A dual temple, but of a different form, again with abstract concepts of deities, is also found at el-Qal'a, a small, rather well-preserved and richly decorated structure located 600 metres north of the temenos of Min and Isis at Koptos, at the edge of the local region where these gods were worshipped (Pantalacci and Traunecker 1990-8). It has a main east-west axis and was built in limestone, unlike most temples of the period; it wa ..." |
 | | Photographing Tutankhamun Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive (Photography, History: History, Photography) by Dr Christina Riggs, Elizabeth Edwards, Jennifer Tucker, Patricia Hayes Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Visual Arts ISBN-13: 978-1-350-03852-3, ISBN: 1-350-03852-0 "They are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut more than 3,300 years ago. Yet until now, no study has explored the ways in which photography helped mythologize the tomb of Tutankhamun, nor ..." |
 | | Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt : Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion : Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion by Christina Riggs 336 Pages, Published 2006 by Oup Oxford ISBN-13: 978-0-19-153487-4, ISBN: 0-19-153487-0 "From the start of the Middle Kingdom through the Late Period, the site of Thebes ( Egyptian W3s.t, modern Luxor) in Upper Egypt held sway as a political and religious centre devoted to the state cult of the god Amun and the mortuary cults of the Egyptian kings. Temples clustered on both banks of the river, and the cliffs of the west bank hid the tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs and generations of elite officials, especially those attac ..." |
 | | Unwrapping Ancient Egypt The Shroud, the Secret and the Sacred by Christina Riggs Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Berg Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-85785-539-8, ISBN: 0-85785-539-5 "First runner-up for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies 2015. In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place. This book breaks new ground by looking at the ..." |
 | | Ancient Egyptian Magic A Hands-on Guide by Christina Riggs 218 Pages, Published 2021 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-77575-2, ISBN: 0-500-77575-3 "Christina Riggs explores how the Egyptians thought about magic, who performed it and why, and also helps readers understand why weve come to think of ancient Egypt in such a mystical, magical way in the first place. br/>This book takes ..." |
 | | Photographing Tutankhamun Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive by Christina Riggs 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-350-03853-0, ISBN: 1-350-03853-9 "This book undertakes the first critical analysis of the photographic archive formed during the ten-year clearance of the tomb, and in doing so explores the interface between photography and archaeology at a pivotal time for both." |
 | | Tutankhamun The Original Photographs by Christina Riggs Paperback, Published 2017 by Rupert Wace Ancient Art ISBN-13: 978-0-9575064-4-2, ISBN: 0-9575064-4-9 |
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