An edition of A history of ancient Egypt (2012)

A history of ancient Egypt

From the Great Pyramid to the fall of the Middle Kingdom

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An edition of A history of ancient Egypt (2012)

A history of ancient Egypt

From the Great Pyramid to the fall of the Middle Kingdom

First U.S. edition.

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  • 4 Want to read

Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Extensive research over many decades of work reveals how the grand narratives of 19th and 20th century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects, and writing: a history based on physical reality.

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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
645

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Subjects

History, Egypt, history, Histoire, 15.80 history of Africa, Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C

Places

Egypt

Times

To 332 B.C.

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Table of Contents

Part one. After the great pyramids : history and hieroglyphs. The story up to now : a history in pyramids
Writing changes everything
Reviving Hardjedef?
Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt" : Champollion and his successors. In the beginning
The road to Memphis
Aftermath
Part three. Old Kingdom : the Giza kings, 2625-2500 BC. The eloquence of statues
Finding Menkaure
Royal households
After Giza
Part four. Old Kingdom : Abusir and after, 2500-2200 BC. Abusir and Saqqara
Meat, bread and stone : an economy of offering
The living court
The living kingdom
Cult and kingdom
Part five. Old Kingdom : ancient records, ancient lives. Papyrus to stone
Writing in the pyramids
The dead and the quick : processing the past
Interpreting the pyramids
Look at us! : meet the courtiers
Part six. Interregnum, 2200-2140 BC. Suddenly it stops
Part seven. Middle kingdom : remaking the state, 2140-1780 BC. Sema Towy : binding the kingdom
The court of Thebes
The materials of state : the court at work
The Levant and Nubia
Part eight. Middle Kingdom : the re-made state, 2000-1660 BC. The court at home
Living in the state
Epilogue : Reflections on a golden age.

Edition Notes

Originally published: United Kingdom : Allen Lane, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
From the Great Pyramid to the fall of the Middle Kingdom

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
932
Library of Congress
DT83 .R66 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 645 pages
Number of pages
645

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OL27232797M
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ISBN 10
1250030137
ISBN 13
9781250030139
OCLC/WorldCat
974510360
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01KFWX56S

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Work ID
OL20052777W

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