Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition, this publication serves both as catalogue and pictorial essay. Lengthy sections outline the region and its history, religion and cults,
cities, ports, and palaces, and from excavation to exhibition. The catalogue provides color images and information on all the included artifacts, comprising of objects excavated from Canopus,
Heracleion, and Alexandria. Appendices include a chronology, explanation of gods and goddesses, and glossary. The full-color photography of objects in situ is stunning. Annotation 穢2008 Book
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