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GtrsRGr8 · 03-03-2016, 02:49 AM

Yes, this is an exhibition catalogue. Sometimes they don't get much respect. But this one is really nice. The exhibition seems to have featured much better than average ancient Egyptian works. The book's packed with beautiful photos and there's lot of excellent text, too, to help you make sense of it all. No wonder it has such fantastic ratings.

The National Gallery of Art, the publisher and one of the venues of the exhibition, is graciously providing the pdf of this book free. Wow.

Title: The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt.
Format(s): Pdf.
Author(s): Erik Hornung; Betsy M. Bryan (editors).
Publisher: The National Gallery of Art.
Pages: xvi + 240.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 4.6 (5); 4.18 (11) at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there: $4.61 (Paperback, Used--"Very Good").
Book Description (from the second Foreword):
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt presents the largest collection of objects ever to leave Egypt for a single North American exhibition. Highlighting masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Luxor Museum, and other collections in Egypt, the exhibition includes several works that have not been on display in public before and many that have never been shown outside Egypt.
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download due to the fact that the publisher, The National Gallery of Art, offers it for free on their website and provides the link to it.
URL: http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngawe...mmortality.pdf.

03-03-2016, 02:49 AM	#184
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Very Highly Rated Book of Treasures of Ancient Egypt--FREE as a Pdf! Yes, this is an exhibition catalogue. Sometimes they don't get much respect. But this one is really nice. The exhibition seems to have featured much better than average ancient Egyptian works. The book's packed with beautiful photos and there's lot of excellent text, too, to help you make sense of it all. No wonder it has such fantastic ratings. The National Gallery of Art, the publisher and one of the venues of the exhibition, is graciously providing the pdf of this book free. Wow. Title: *The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt. Format(s):* Pdf. Author(s): Erik Hornung; Betsy M. Bryan (editors). Publisher: The National Gallery of Art. Pages: xvi + 240. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 4.6 (5); 4.18 (11) at GoodReads. Price: *$0.00. Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available there:* $4.61 (Paperback, Used--"Very Good"). Book Description (from the second Foreword): The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt presents the largest collection of objects ever to leave Egypt for a single North American exhibition. Highlighting masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Luxor Museum, and other collections in Egypt, the exhibition includes several works that have not been on display in public before and many that have never been shown outside Egypt. Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download due to the fact that the publisher, The National Gallery of Art, offers it for free on their website and provides the link to it. URL: http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngawe...mmortality.pdf. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-03-2016 at 02:54 AM.