American archaeologist, Egyptologist and historian (1865–1935)

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Pioneer to the past : the story of James Henry Breasted, archaeologist / told by his son, Charles Breasted.

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus : published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two volumes / by James Henry Breasted.

Kings and queens of ancient Egypt / portraits by Winifred Brunton ; history by eminent Egyptologists ; foreword by Professor J.H. Breasted.

The Edwin Smith papyrus : the oldest surgical treatise in the world / by M Kamel Hussein.

The Edwin Smith papyrus : an Egyptian medical treatise of the seventeenth century before Christ / James Henry Breasted.

A history of Egypt, from the earliest times to the Persian conquest / [James Henry Breasted].

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Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935

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Kings and queens of ancient Egypt / portraits by Winifred Brunton ; history by eminent Egyptologists ; foreword by Professor J.H. Breasted.

The Edwin Smith papyrus : the oldest surgical treatise in the world / by M Kamel Hussein.

The Edwin Smith papyrus : an Egyptian medical treatise of the seventeenth century before Christ / James Henry Breasted.

The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus : published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two volumes / by James Henry Breasted.

A history of Egypt, from the earliest times to the Persian conquest / [James Henry Breasted].