The Nile Valley civilization, which spanned a period from c. 5000 B.C. to the early centuries A.D., was one of the earliest created by humankind. This handy reference provides a comprehensive overview of more than five millennia of Egyptian history and archaeology, from predynastic times to the Old and New Kingdoms to the Ptolemaic and Roman ...
The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. Religion and magic permeated their civilization, and this book provides a unique insight into their religious beliefs and practices, from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD, when Egyptian Christianity replaced the earlier customs. Arranged chronologically, this book ...
The secrets of life in ancient Egypt are revealed as never before in this lavishly illustrated new work that explores the advances in historical research made possible by modern technology and science. Full color.
This text presents the Egyptian builders of the pyramids as simple people, leading ordinary lives while they are engaged on building the great tomb for a Pharoah. The text is aimed at the general reader, offering a picture of a community that lived in Egypt and built one of the pyramids, some 4000 years ago.
Important historical and cultural figures as well as some well-known individuals in Egypt's long history (c 3100 BC - c AD 600) are incorporated in this work of reference. Rulers and members of their families, significant figures and important foreigners with whom the Egyptians came into contact are all included. The entries are based on original ...
The secrets of life in ancient Egypt are revealed as never before in this lavishly illustrated new work that explores the advances in historical research made possible by modern technology and science. Full color.
Our knowledge of the civilization of ancient Egypt is based on a rich legacy of great monuments, a wealth of artefacts, a strong literature and extensive, well-preserved human remains. With such a range and variety of evidence, generations of Egyptologists have tried to tell the story of this great civilization with certainty. However, as evidence ...
This book traces the evolution of religious beliefs and practices within the historical and political contexts of the main periods of Egypt's civilisation.
In 1828, the mummified body of an Egyptian scribe and priest was the subject of one of the first medical examinations of the kind. In 1989, the Manchester Egyptian Research Project, using the newest scientific techniques, reopened the investigation and discovered some fascinating--and sinister--things about this man who died 1,000 years before the ...
Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider ...
Traces the evolution of religious beliefs and practices, setting them in their historical and political context during the main periods of Egyptian civilization.
In this study of one of the most important undisturbed tombs from ancient Egypt, Professor Rosalie David discusses the burial equipment and mummified bodies of Khnum-Nakkt and Nakht-Ankh, the "Two Brothers," exploring what they can tell us about the lives and expectations of two ordinary yet remarkable individuals from Egypt's Middle Kingdom.
In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them.
This is a history of Ancient Egypt which looks at the history of the great civilization through the achievements of the travellers, archaeologists and Egyptologists whose discoveries opened the world's eyes to the past.
An introduction to the 4000-year history of ancient Egypt from predynastic times to the end of the Ptolemaic period (30BC). The work contains a new introduction since its first publication as "The Egyptian Kingdoms" in 1975. The opening chapter gives a summary of the history of ancient Egypt. Two chapters follow on the rediscovery of this almost ...
A catalogue of the Collection's Egyptian material, including jewellery, scarabs and funerary objects, plus an informal description and intinerary of Miss Brocklehurst's 1873 collecting expedition.
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