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Description : Title: The Slain Soldiers of Neb-Hepet-Re Mentu-Hotpe Author: Herbert E. Winlock - Herbert Eustis Winlock (February 1, 1884 – January 26, 1950) was an American Egyptologist employed with the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his entire Egyptological career. Central to the great era of American museum-sponsored Egyptian excavations, Winlock's work contributed greatly to Egyptology's development, in particular his reconstruction of the royal lineage of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. Much of the Met's collection of Egyptian artifacts comes from his archaeological expeditions, particularly his excavations at Thebes., where he worked for many years on the excavations at the funerary temple of Hatshepshut. He was instrumental in the design of the Metropolitan Museum's spectacular dig house, close to the Valley of the Kings, where he spent the winters, accompanied by his wife, the artist Helen Chandler Winlock, and his young daughters Frances and Barbara. Most often known as 'the American House' it was the headquarters for Winlock and his distinguished team of archaeologists, several of whom were seconded to work on the tomb of Tutankhamun once it was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Winlock was closely involved in that discovery and, as a close friend of Carter's, became caught up in the subterfuge and political controversy that built up once the tomb had been opened. In the wake of the Depression, funds for excavating in Egypt began to dry up, and the annual digs at Thebes ceased. Winlock returned to New York and to the Metropolitan. He served as director of the Met from 1932 until his retirement in 1939 and remained director emeritus until his death. During that period, his interest in Tutankhamun and the burgeoning myths that had attached themselves to it, remained strong. He consistently discredited the claims that a 'curse' attached itself to all those who visited the tomb or who were involved in the work on it—and continued to do so even when tragedy was visited upon his own family. His book Tutankhamun's Funeral', published in 1941 after his retirement, looks back at the extraordinary events in the Valley of the Kings in 1908 which he witnessed, events which—in due course—provided Howard Carter with key clues in his search for that pharaoh's tomb. An extraordinary work—Winlock was as brilliant a writer as he was an archaeologist -- 'Tutankhamun's Funeral' evokes the era of great discoveries in Egypt, and is infused with a haunting melancholy. His father, William Crawford Winlock, was an assistant secretary at the Smithsonian Institution. [Courtesy Wikipedia.] Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art City: New York Year: 1945 Binding Style: Softcover Pagination: viii / 40 pages Width: 10.5 Height: 14 Book Details: Condition / Notes: This is volume XVI in the Egyptian Expedition Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This vintage volume is bound in brown paper wrappers with moderate edge wear and toning. The binding is solid. The pages show mild age toning and some creasing at the edges. This volume is illustrated with twenty double-sided photographic plates depicting the remains of the soldiers of the tomb. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50
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