Excellent condition, with all pages like new. The cover shows some maring on the corners and light marks/creases.

If you plan on going to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, or just want to read about and see the ancient artifacts it contains, this book is for you.

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is a show-stopping museum. However, with limited object descriptions in English, most pieces being parsely labeled, this book is a MUST to know what you are looking at. It's about 22cm x 13cm x 3cm in stiff-cover paperback, and the 600+ gorgeous glossy pages are in eye-popping colour.

This book will gives extensive an description, history, compositiion, dimension, date and museum location of each and every item. And it essentially provides everything you need to guide yourself through the Egyptian Museum... At the end of the book, there is a section to guide you through the museum (to see the highlights) if you only have a limited amount of time. With the floor plans, photos, and excellent descriptions, this book allows to you prepare and decide what is important to you instead of walking through the museum uninformed on your own or with a guide giving a generic tour.

Product description: An immense reservoir of art history, Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Antiquities contains fabulous collections of relics from the Mediterranean's most mysterious and ancient civilization, the true cradle of western culture. From the creation of the first state on the banks of the Nile to its submission to the Roman empire, the millennial story of ancient Egypt is recounted here through the artistic masterpieces, the everyday objects, the spectacular jewels, and the magnificent remains from the tombs of the pharaohs, all remarkably assembled within the walls of a single institution.

Structured as a guide, but fully illustrated with superb color photographs, this book suggests a simple but comprehensive itinerary through the museum, subdividing the tour into chapters devoted to the most important episodes in Egyptian history.