Es la quinta edició, datant la primera de l'any 1963 per George Rainbird Ltd. Londres. Aquesta, il·lustrada amb làmines a color i BiN de força qualitat i molts detalls. ( )

TUTANKHAMON on yksi Egyptin historian arvoituksellisimpia hallitsijahahmoja. Kun hänen hautansa vuonna 1922 löytyi, se oli vuosikymmenen suuri tapaus ja herätti huomiota kautta maailman. `
Tämä teos kertoo Tutankhamonista ja hänen hallituskaudestaan. Upeat kuvat ja hautalöytöön perustuva eloisa teksti vievät lukijansa yli 3000 vuotta taaksepäin ja elävöittävät romanttisen poikafaaraon, häntä ympäröineen loiston ja itse aikakauden.
Tutankhamon-teoksen monivärikuvat ovat englantilaisen valokuvaaj an F. L. Kennettin ottamia. Hän on ensimmäinen valokuvaaja, jota varten
haudan esineistö on otettu esille Kairon museon kaapeista ja vitriineistä. Tekstistä vastaa arvovaltainen kirjoittaja: Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt on Louvren museon egyptiläisen osaston johtaja. Tutankhamonia luetaan joka puolella maailmaa, tämä egyptologian suuri seikkailu on jokaiselle elämys.

Fascinating story about an egyptian pharaoh and a bit of history also. It's amazing what has been learned by studying the tombs. The photos are very cool and this book left me wanting to learn more about the history of Egypt and the pharaohs. Grades 4 and up. ( )

A thorough and fascinating insight into the life and death of one of the most famous and historically beloved Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, the last child of the XVIIIth Dynasty.

The book opens with the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, and some background detail on the Valley of the Kings, the rulers of the dynasty, and other archaeological finds both previous and contemporary. The reader is then guided through Tutankhamen's tomb, just as the team uncovered it, through each room and the resplendant treasures within, in a detailed and shining inventory. It does grow a little tiresome in its excessiveness, but there were enough illustrations to keep me on track and make it exciting nonetheless. The author also uses this section to mention some of the mysteries and descrepancies surrounding certain objects and their positions inside the tomb, adding depth and intrigue to what could have become a monotonous catalogue.

From here we are taken back to the start of the heretic period, to the lives and reigns of Amenophis III and Akhenaten, the Heretic King of Amarna, then into the life and reign of Tutankhamen himself. This is perhaps the most dynamic and easily-read part of the book, and also provides a valuable background to the subsequent extensive sections on his death and mummification, and explanations of the funerary objects and rites which would immortalise the dead king and ease his passage into eternal life.

This is fairly exhaustive and occasionally repetitive, but it is ultimately a worthwhile and absorbing, even moving account of the child pharaoh's brave reign and tragically youthful demise, and the determination of his faithful followers to protect him into eternity. ( )

Still my most favorite book on Tutankhamen. Lavishly illustrated with full color photographs of artifacts in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo and some black and white photos from Carter's excavation, the author looks at the evidence and comes up with her own theory of Tut's parentage, childhood, and possibly how he came to be the forgotten pharoah who is so well known today. ( )