The Monuments of Ancient Egypt

This is a stunningly illustrated guide with photographs achieving extraordinary definition owing to Jeremy's painstaking use of a 'view camera' which not only records the tiniest details of hieroglyphs but also means that the distortions inherent in a fixed 35mm lens (for instance converging columns) can be overcome. Since he worked in the heat of the summer when the monuments are all but deserted there are few human figures to be seen apart from natives. The book contains an introduction by T.G.H. James, the former Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, plus introductions to the sites by Jeremy himself. The result is a book that everyone interested in Ancient Egypt will wish to own.