Egypt : stones of light / [photographs by] Hervé Champollion ; text by Diane Sarofim Harlé ; translated from the French by Toula Ballas.
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- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0810948435
- Egypte. English
- 732.8
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Includes bibliographical references (page 142).
"Adorning the temples, palaces, and monuments of the Nile River Valley, their inscrutable gazes look out across the millennia, bearing witness to the rise and fall of long-lost dynasties, of pharaohs, kings, and emperors - just as they have witnessed the endless rise and fall of the sun. Timeless treasures of light and shadow, they are sculpted stones of ancient Egypt. In this gorgeous book of images, photographer Herve Champollion captures these ancient stones in natural light, constituting a pictorial history of the world's most fascinating ancient civilizations. Amon Ra, Ramses II, Nofretari, Osiris and Isis, Hatshepsut, and the twin Colossi of Memnon are among the many deities, kings, and queens of ancient Egypt represented in the context of their temples and alongside remarkably detailed renderings of animal and plant life of the time. From the human to divine, virtually all that is known of pharaonic times comes from these stones, which are captured by Champollion's lens in a range of settings, from the glowing red of sunrise, to the hard white light of midday, to the golden rays of sunset. Each image is further enhanced by informative captions by Diane Sarofim Harle, noted scholar of Egypt and Coptic archaeology. In this volume, these "stones of light" are revealed to be living beings, drawing scholars and travelers alike to come face to face with the divine." -- Book jacket.