Jean Vercoutter

Nastojaschaja kniga, napisannaja vydajuschimisja uchenymi iz Frantsii i Germanii, podrobno rassmatrivaet odin iz kljuchevykh periodov istorii chelovechestva, nachinajuschijsja s pervogo pojavlenija tsivilizatsii v Egipte i Mesopotamii. Pokryvaja period ot 10 000 do 1500 goda do n. e., avtory osveschajut predystoriju Blizhnego Vostoka, sledjat za podemom Shumerskogo, Akkadskogo i Vavilonskogo tsarstv v Mesopotamii i za ikh otnosheniem s sosedjami, opisyvajut istoriju Drevnego Egipta vo vremja Drevnego i Srednego tsarstv. Zdes okhvacheny politicheskie sobytija, sotsialnye i ekonomicheskie predposylki razvitija istorii, a takzhe ee intellektualnye napravlenija. Perevodchik: Davydova A. B., Ivanov S. V. Redaktor: Glebovskaja L. I.

Buried treasure, looting, intrigue and dedicated scholarship; ‘wonderful things’ gleaming in the darkness; the cache of royal mummies; and, most wonderful of all, the tomb of Tutankhamun. This is the complete story of the rediscovery of ancient Egypt, a tale of extraordinary characters: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, who braved the ‘pharaoh’s curse’; Belzoni, ‘the Patagonian Samson’; Champollion, who unlocked the secrets of the hieroglyphs – and a tale of spectacular rescue, with modern technology mobilized to save Egypt’s monuments from flood waters and the ravages of time.