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Egypt. ZAHI HAWASS. Secrets from the sand: my search for Egypt'spast. 270 pages, 251 colour illustrations, 11 b&w illustrations.2003. London: Thames & Hudson; 0-500-05125-9 hardback 24.95 [poundssterling]. BILL MANLEY (ed.). The seventy great mysteries of ancient Egypt Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .304 pages, 344 colour illustrations, 80 b&w illustrations. 2003.London: Thames & Hudson; 0-500-05123-2 hardback 24.95 [poundssterling]. JON E. LEWIS (ed.). The mammoth book of how it happened: ancientEgypt. xxi+519 pages, 20 figures, 5 tables. 2003. London: Robinson;1-84110-640-1 paperback 7.99 [pounds sterling]. 'T&H' score heavily on Egypt again. Secrets gives anoverview of the archaeology of ancient complex society. The second ofthe five readable and attractively illustrated chapters is on 'Newdiscoveries at Giza', the third on 'New explorations atSaqqara and Heliopolis', and the fourth on 'Spectaculardiscoveries in the Bahariya Oasis'. The fifth is on preservation ofthe monuments. This inviting book has been produced very elegantly. Animpressive roster of learned authors contribute measured, pithy pith��y?adj. pith��i��er, pith��i��est1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.2. Consisting of or resembling pith. andsplendidly illustrated notes on The 70, while The mammoth providestranslations of 120 informative texts drawn from the Old Kingdom toStrabo and five others including passages from Howard Carter Noun 1. Howard Carter - Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)Carter and WallisBudge.