Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

Books

Catalog
Keyword and subject searches in the Library's catalog are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can be narrowed with facets such as topic, era, language or region. Facets are located on the right hand side of the results screen.

Examples of Library of Congress subjects:
Art, Egyptian
Architecture - Egypt
Pyramids - Egypt
Temples - Egypt
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt

Examples of keyword searches:
"ancient Egypt" and art*
Egypt and pyramid*
Hatchepsut
(Start out with a keyword search for proper names and use the subject link in one of the retrieved records to link to all other books about a subject.)

Or simply browse the library's collection of books on Egyptian art and architecture online or in person. The collection is located on the third floor of the building.

WorldCat (OCLC)

A catalog of library holdings worldwide. WorldCat will indicate any local library holdings and also offers an inter-library loan request option.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest)

A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses included from around the world.
The often extensive bibliographies in dissertations can be invaluable. Hard to find primary sources may be transcribed and translated in the appendix.

Example:
Waraksa, Elizabeth A. 2007. "Female Figurines from the Mut Precinct: Context and Ritual Function." Ph.D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 2007.

E-ZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loans are only available for books and journals which are not owned by Falvey. The E-ZBorrow service can be used for books which the library owns, but which are currently checked out. E-ZBorrow books are provided by a local library network and tend to arrive faster than interlibrary loans.