The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egypt and the Ancient Near EastISBN: 0 300 09837 5 Description: softcover, 158 pp. (30x23cm), phots., maps Condition: very good Weight: 1005g. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egypt and the Ancient Near East, New York 2005 The long vanished civilizations of Egypt and the Near East have been a source of fascination since earliest times. While these cultures were still thriving, travelers brought back to Europe tales of rich and exotic lands in Africa and Asia. In the centuries that