History & Theory (ID 502)

Features art, architecture, architectural ornamentation, and decorative arts, with color and black and white illustrations

Covers art and architecture, with color photographs

Covers art and architecture, with color photographs, floor plans and line drawings

An in-depth study of artifacts in the Matḥaf al-Miṣrī (known in America as the Egyptian Museum in Cairo).

Includes images of the original papyrus scroll along with translations and commentaries

Explores the life and times of Pharaoh Amenhotep III

Features Old Kingdom (about 2650-2150 BCE) masterworks from museum collections throughout the world.

Examines the life and status of women in family life, religion, economic activities and legal affairs, as well as royal women and images of women in art and literature

Covers art, architecture, and decorative arts from ancient times to the present. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Provides an overview of the origins, history and culture of Ancient Egyptian civilization. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Covers geography, history, economics, society, language, literature, and the visual arts. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Examines different forms of ritual activities performed in houses of Graeco- Roman Egypt, drawing on the archaeological record of rural housing and evidence from literature related to both urban and rural housing. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Information about and images of the art, architecture and artifacts of ancient Egypt. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Documents two millennia of cultural and artistic interconnectedness in the ancient Mediterranean. Generously illustrated essays consider a range of artistic and other material evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, papyri, and inscriptions, to shed light on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Late Period and Ptolemaic dynasty to the Roman Empire. Full text available for free through the publisher (open access).

Focuses on the art and significance of Egyptian metal statuary, as well as the influences acting upon it. Full text available for free from the Met Museum.

Explores the exquisitely decorated tomb of Nefertari in Egypt’s Valley of the Queens, with insights into her life, the development and symbolism of royal tombs, and the construction and decoration of the tombs. Full text available for free from the Getty Museum.