埃勒里•奎因（Ellery Queen）是曼弗雷德•班宁顿•李（Manfred Bennington Lee 1905～1971）和弗雷德里克•丹奈（Frederic Dannay 1905～1982）这对表兄弟合用的笔名，美国推理小说代名词，他们堪称侦探推理小说史上承前启后的经典作家，开创了合作撰写推理小说成功的先例。埃勒里•奎因也是其小说中的主人公，其角色本身就是一位侦探小说作家兼超级侦探。年轻英俊的侦探埃勒里•奎因和他的父亲——纽约警察局的警官理查德•奎因是其大多数作品中的主要角色。 从1929年到1971年，埃勒里•奎因发表了数十部推理小说。其中的9部“国名系列”作品和4部“悲剧系列”作品被认为是古典解谜推理小说最高水平的代表，是后人难以逾越的杰作。

The most important myth in Ancient Egypt is faithfully retold in glorious color! Horus, son of Isis, vows bloody revenge on his Uncle Set for the murder and usurpation of his Pharaoh father. Based on elements from various versions of the famous Osiris myth, Hamish Steele has resurrected this fantastic story in all its symbolic and humorous glory. Pantheon contains: incest, deca...(展开全部)

作者： 夏鼐，1910—1985年，浙江温州人。著名考古学家，新中国考古学和埃及学的奠基人之一。先后毕业于清华大学、伦敦大学学院，埃及考古学博士。中国科学院哲学社会学部委员、英国学术院通讯院士、德意志考古研究院通讯院士、瑞典皇家文学历史考古科学院外籍院士、美国全国科学院外籍院士、意大利中东和远东研究院通讯院士、第三世界科学院院士。 ********** 译者： 颜海英，北京大学历史学系教授，北京大学古代东方文明研究所所长，学术专长为埃及学，有《古埃及文明探研》等专著和多篇学术文章。 田天，伦敦大学学院（University College London）埃及考古学博士，研究领域包括埃及青铜时代早期丧葬文化 、丧葬考古学、仪式研究及埃及学史。 刘子信，本名刘瑞，北京大学考古文博学院博士， 修中外文化交流考古。

本书是古埃及艺术的早期探索者Prisse d'Avennes（1807 - 1879）的经典著作，在1868到1878年间发行于巴黎,被认为是关于古埃及艺术的最美丽的现代著作之一。内容是作者绘制的大量彩图。包含了许多已遗失艺术品的唯一记录。是古埃及艺术和建筑的绝佳参考。 This enchanted tour of Egyptian art by one of its early explorers is one of the most beautiful modern works on ancient Egyptian art. Prisse d'Avennes's monumental work, first published in Paris over a ten-year period between 1868 and 1878, incl...(展开全部)

Dreams that Matter explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. Amira Mittermaier guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss all forms of divination as superstition, a Sufi devotional group that keeps a diary of dreams related to its shaykh, and ordinary belie...(展开全部)

An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author of Factory Girls What happens to the women who choose to work in a country struggling to reconcile a traditional culture with the demands of globalization? In this sharply drawn portrait of Egyptian society—deepened by two y...(展开全部)

The collections of charms, formulas, hymns and spells designed to accompany the dead of Ancient Egypt on their journey to the afterlife have always exerted a powerful fascination on modern generations. Written on papyrus, inscribed on the walls of tombs and sarcophagi, or engraved on amulets, these texts with their vignette illustrations give us unparalleled insights into the i...(展开全部)

The collections of charms, formulas, hymns and spells designed to accompany the dead of Ancient Egypt on their journey to the afterlife have always exerted a powerful fascination on modern generations. Written on papyrus, inscribed on the walls of tombs and sarcophagi, or engraved on amulets, these texts with their vignette illustrations give us unparalleled insights into the i...(展开全部)