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To look in the Library Catalog for books in general on the subject of Egyptian/Near Eastern archaeology, try using the subject headings "Egypt--Antiquities", "Middle East--Antiquities".  On the subject of Egyptian art, try using "Art, Egyptian", "Architecture, Egyptian", or "Architecture, Egyptian".  Some subject headings to use for the ancient Near East include, "Art--Middle East", "Art, Ancient", "Art, Assyro-Babylonian", "Art, Sumerian".

Note: The following Reference books are located in the Reference Area of Library West, 3rd floor.  AFA also has many appropriate art-related books.

Annual Egyptological Bibliography. : Bibliographie Âegyptologique Annuelle. 1947-.  Also available as CD ROM (See under "Databases")
DT57 .A62 1994-1998 in Library West Rererence. Previous years in Library West Stacks

Ancient Egypt. (Cultural Atlas of the World) Alexandria, Va.: Stonehenge, 1991.
DT56.9 .B33 1991 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).

Ancient Egypt, 2615-332 B.C.E.  (World Eras, Vol. 5). Detroit: Gale Group, 2002.
DT61 .A55 2002 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).

Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File Publications, 1980.
DT56.9 .B34 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor); DT56.9 .B34 MAP and IMAGERY LIBRARYAtlases.

Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Rev. ed. New York: Checkmark Books ; an imprint of Facts on file, 2000.
DT60 .B34 2000 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).

Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
DS56 .D5 2000 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor)
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Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.
DT58 .E53 1998 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).

Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt. Rev. ed. New York: Facts On File, 2003.
DT83 .D23 2003 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).

Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. Arlington, Va.: Stonehenge Press, 1992.
DS57 .R72x 1992 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor)
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
DT58 .O94 2001 ARCHITECTURE/FINE ARTS LIBRARY Reference;LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor). 

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
DS56 .O9 1997 WEST:Reference (3rd Floor)
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Who's Who in the Ancient Near East. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.
DS61.5 .L45 1999 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor)
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Who was Who in Egyptology .. 2nd revis ed. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1972.
PJ1063 .D3 1972 LIBRARY WEST:Reference (3rd Floor).