By Regine Schulz and Matthias Seidel Contributions by Betsy
Brian and Christianne Henry This beautifully illustrated book
surveys more than seventy works, ranging from the early Dynastic
period to the Greco-Roman period, from the Egyptian collection
of the Walters Art Museum. An introduction essay traces the
development of the collection—one of the most important in the
United States—and section introductions provide an overview of
political, religious, and cultural developments during each of
the major periods of Egyptian history. Individual object
descriptions describe how these works were made and used. About
the Authors Betsy Bryan is the Alexander Badawy Professor of
Egyptian Art and Archeology at the Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore. Her special interest is in art of the New Kingdom,
and she leads a team excavating the Precinct of Mut complex at
Luxor. Christianne Henry received her M.A. from the Johns
Hopkins University. She is a doctoral candidate in Egyptology at
the Institute for Egyptology at th