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Tutankhamen the search for an Egyptian king

Presents a portrait of King Tutankhamen, a fascinating and misunderstood ruler, shedding new light on his importance, his enduring power, and the archaeological discovery that earned him a place in the popular imagination.

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Main Author:	Tyldesley, Joyce A.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2012.
Subjects:	Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt. Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt. Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography. Egypt > Kings and rulers > Family. Egypt > History > Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
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Summary:	Presents a portrait of King Tutankhamen, a fascinating and misunderstood ruler, shedding new light on his importance, his enduring power, and the archaeological discovery that earned him a place in the popular imagination.
Item Description:	"Published in 2012 in Great Britain by Profile Books Ltd."--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	xx, 316 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-303) and index.
ISBN:	9780465020201 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0465020208 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781847657978 (British eISBN) 1847657974 (British eISBN)
Author Notes:	Dr. Joyce Tyldesley holds a first class honors degree in archaeology from Liverpool University, and a doctorate from Oxford University. She is currently a lecturer in Egyptology at the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, Fellow of the Manchester Museum and Honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. She has acted as consultant on several television projects and has excavated extensively in Egypt and Europe. Her previous books include a sequence of popular biographies of Egyptian pharaohs, with particular emphasis on the lives of prominent Egyptian women. She lives in Bolton, England.