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Originally Posted by HarryT
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HarryT, I always appreciate your posts. But I've got to confess that whenever I see that you've posted something on a thread shortly after I've posted something, I immediately think, "Oh no, what have I done wrong
this time?" ha
I don't know if you were referring to just the downloadable Egyptology books, but I think that there are a total of 1273 pdf ebooks across all fields of study:
http://www.metmuseum.org/research/me...mt=downloadpdf.
This probably prompts the question of why I didn't just post that link to begin with, and be done with it. Well, I feel that people following the threads sometimes are overwhelmed by websites that are posted that give a ton of freebies, and because of that they don't even bother to visit the website or, if they do, don't want to have to go through the whole selection of ebooks.
I didn't go through the whole selection of The Met's free ebooks, but I went through a lot. I thought that if I was going to pick out just one ebook to post, this one on the masterpieces would be the best because it probably would have the broadest appeal (you are well aware of how specialized and esoteric the great majority of their books are).
BTW--you probably are aware of this list, but I'll mention it in case you're not. The University of Memphis (Tennessee) maintains a list of "Egyptology Books and Articles in PDF online" at
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/resourc...y_mar2015.html. With just 4157 items (I know that the amount of writing on ancient Egypt and Egyptology is enormous) listed, I don't know how comprehensive it is, but it's the best list on the subject that I've run across.