by Alberto Siliotti · Folio · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441321113
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«Egipto» is an illustrated history book by Alberto Siliotti, published by Folio in hardcover (288 pages, in Spanish).
A popular work focused on ancient Egypt, organized as a visual journey with photographs, diagrams and full-color illustrations. The brief, supporting text provides the geographical and historical context that allows the images to be read with meaning; the whole aims to offer an almost cinematic and evocative approach to this civilization.
Part of the «Grandes civilizaciones del pasado» collection. Edition published in 2005 in Spanish.
For history and archaeology enthusiasts who want a visual introduction to ancient Egypt.
Alberto Siliotti is a scientific journalist, writer and photographer. For more than 20 years, he studied history, archeology and the natural environment of Egypt, where he started to work in 1988 as the director of the Horus mission, led by the Italian ministry of foreign affairs who wanted to relate the itineraries of the Italian travelers of the 19th century – especially Giovanni Battista Belzoni who discovered the entry of Chepren pyramid and Sethi I tomb in the king valley. He has made for the British Museum, a scholarly edition of Belzoni's travels, among plenty of objects recovered in Egypt are part of the museum collections.
