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Egypt, an art for eternity: Wonders of the Cairo and Luxor museums Hardcover – Oct. 3, 2003
French edition By Henri Stierlin

Pharaonic art – an inexhaustible source of meditation and contemplation – brings the extraordinary message of a people who lived for millennia and who seem closer than any to our current sensibilities. Entirely focused on eternity, the artisan – sculptor or goldsmith – of the Pharaonic era did not seek “art for art’s sake”: he created so that the deceased would have the hope of gaining a hereafter of plenitude and serenity. This evocation of beauty in Egypt, through an iconography that brings together 350 exceptional illustrations, shows the most perfect masterpieces of Pharaonic art.