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  • The Story of Money

    John Orna-Ornstein

    Paperback (British Museum Press, March 15, 1998)
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  • Make Your Own Egyptian Mummy Case

    Allan Cole

    Paperback (British Museum Press, Feb. 16, 1997)
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  • Pyramids and People in Ancient Egypt

    Joyce Filer

    Hardcover (British Museum Press, Aug. 16, 2005)
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  • Egyptian Funeral Boat

    British Museum Press

    Paperback (British Musuem Press, )
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  • Gemstones

    Christine Woodward and Roger Harding

    Paperback (British Museum, Jan. 1, 1987)
    Gemstones have been a source of delight and fascination for many thousands of years. This revised edition explores the nature of gems, their beauty, rarity and durability, and the mineral properties that govern these qualities. It describes the most popular gemstones in detail and looks at how gem minerals form, where they are found and mined, and how they are identified. It includes information about the popular most popular and the lesser known stones, and describes how to distinguish the real from the fake.

  • Sir Hans Sloane and ethnography,

    H. J Braunholtz

    Paperback (British Museum, March 15, 1970)
    Sir Hans Sloane and ethnography

  • THE BRITISH MUSEUM BOOK OF CATS: Ancient and Modern

    Juliet Clutton-Brock

    Paperback (British Museum, March 15, 1993)
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  • Magic in Ancient Egypt

    Geraldine Pinch

    Paperback (British Museum Press (Distribution), Dec. 1, 1994)
    Reclaims Egyptian mysticism from the loony fringe. A serious exploration of how different sorts of `magic' were used in very practical ways by a society known throughout the ancient world as the `mother of magicians'. A final chapter examines its persistent fascination.

  • Maui: The Mischief Maker

    Lilikala Varez, Dietrich; Kame'eleihiwa, Dietrich Varez

    Hardcover (Bishop Museum Press, March 15, 1998)
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  • The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires

    Derek A. Welsby

    Paperback (British Museum Press, March 1, 2002)
    The Kingdom of Kush is located south of Egypt upstream of the 1st Nile cataract. It flourished for a thousand years. During the 8th and 7th c BCE, its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. Extensive remains of pyramids, settlements and temples can still be seen. Yet, the early development and much of the later history of Kush is unknown, and the Kushites have always been overshadowed by the Egyptians. This book attempts to draw together all the information of the people of Kush and their history.

  • The secondary xylem of Hawaiian trees,

    Forest Buffen Harkness Brown

    Paperback (Bishop Museum Press, March 15, 1922)
    This book, "The secondary xylem of Hawaiian trees", by Forest Buffen Harkness Brown, is a replication of a book originally published before 1922. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.

  • Egyptian Funeral Boat

    Allan Cole

    Paperback (British Museum Press, Feb. 15, 1997)
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