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Ancient Egypt and Nubia Gallery Guide
This colourful and authoritative guide will enhance any visit to the ROM. Includes photographs, maps, and timelines. Features include the 1905 cast of the Punt Wall from the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, chronicling a trading expedition to the fabulous land of Punt, probably near present-day Somalia.
Anyang and Sanxingdui: Unveiling the Mysteries of Ancient Chinese Civilizations
This study by the Bishop White Curator of Far Eastern Art, Chen Shen, presents the newest research and discoveries at Anyang and Sanxingdui. He conveys as well the romance of archaeology, the human dimension of a vanished world.
The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend
Combining interviews with 30 Inuit elders (from the last generation that travelled by dog team and built the nightly igloo), and drawing from historical records of arctic explorers and other keen observers, The Arctic Sky is a memorable journey through the arctic universe.
The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America
Booksellers and Librarians: please note that this title is available through Cornell University Press. See Order Information .
Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum
The ROM has one of the largest collections of Canadian heritage art in the world, including the premier collection of paintings and sketches by Paul Kane. This illustrated catalogue includes works from the mid-1700s to the 1930s, catalogued geographically and by artist. Brief biographies of the
Chinese Shadows: Stone Reliefs, Rubbings, and Related Works of Art from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in the Royal Ontario Museum
Klaas Ruitenbeek, who holds the Louise Hawley Stone Chair of Far Eastern Art, brings distinguished scholarship and an artist's sensitivity to this illustrative work. The cover shows a detail from "Ascension to Heaven," a woodblock print reproduction of a rubbing from the Wu Liang
Couture & Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s
Investigates how and why 1950s couture fashion was important in its own day and why we are still fascinated by it fifty years later. Combing analysis of the clothes and interviews with those who traded, sold, redesigned, and wore couture. Couture & Commerce recreates the world of 1950s fashion.