Australia’s best supplier for books on Ancient Egypt and Ancient History.

Since the early 1990’s Ankh Antiquarian Books has been proud to represent the London Egypt Exploration Society. Ankh Antiquarian Books also has strong links with The British Museum, the Australian Institute of Archaeology, The Australian Centre for Egyptology (Rundle Foundation for Egyptian Archaeology) and The Egyptology Society of Victoria.

Ankh is an Ancient Egyptian word meaning life, or eternal life, represented as a tall cross with a loop on top. In early Christian history the symbol of the Ankh was known as the Ansata Cross.

Ankh Antiquarian Books, established in 1989, by Jennifer Jaeger. We are specialists in Ancient History specifically Egypt, Egyptology, the Pyramid Age, Amarna, New Kingdom through to Late period. Books on how to learn hieroglyphics, Art & Ancient Languages.

Also Ancient Greece, Rome, South America & the ancient Near East. (Iran, Iraq, Persia), Ancient China and South East Asia and India.
New and Antiquarian (second-hand) books, with specific searches on hard to get books available as a free service. I also stock a large range of back copies of KMT, Minerva and Egyptian Archaeology magazines, as well as the current editions.

At Christmas time and through-out the year a range of interesting and unusual gifts are available such as wax seals, Egyptian Statues & Celtic products. Our range of T-shirts, all produced in Australia are also very popular.

As Australian Representative for the Egypt Exploration Society we can supply member-ship forms and information on current EES publications. I actively promote Australian Egyptology and stock all journals produced by the Australian Centre for Egyptology. We actively support the Egyptology Society of Victoria.

Ankh Antiquarian Books is also a proud member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) & ILAB.

For personal and friendly service please call, e-mail or if you are in Melbourne make an appointment to visit our home based purpose built shop.

Call: 0398881990 or 0419395782

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