Egypt of the Pharaohs An Introduction,9780195002676

Egypt of the Pharaohs An Introduction

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ISBN13: 9780195002676
ISBN10: 0195002679
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1966-12-31
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

The mysteries of Ancient Egypt, the wonderland of the Pharaohs, havealways held the world in awe. Now available in new covers, this volume providesa comprehensive history of this fascinating land from its earliest days to theconquest of Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. Gardiner presents background onEgyptian language, the writing, the land, its neighbors, and resources, with aspecial section devoted to the Egyptian method of determining chronologicaldates. He then follows with a concise history of Egypt from the time of the OldKingdom, through the Ramesside period, up to the last days of Egyptianindependence around 323 B.C. Authoritative and meticulously researched, Egypt ofthe Pharaohs is an enticing introduction to the study of this ancientcivilization.

Author Biography


The late Sir Alan Gardiner was one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
xiii(2)
List of Figures in the Text
xv(1)
List of Maps
xvi(1)
List of Abbreviations xvii
BOOK I PRELIMINARY 1(71)
I. Egyptology Ancient and Modern
1(18)
II. The Egyptian Language and Writing
19(8)
III. The Land, its Neighbours and Resources
27(19)
IV. The Foundations and Nature of Egyptian History
46(23)
Excursus. Regnal Years and Method of Dating
69(3)
BOOK II FROM THE PYRAMID-BUILDERS TO ALEXANDER 72(312)
V. The Old Kingdom
72(35)
VI. The Rise and Fall of the Middle Kingdom
107(40)
VII. From Collapse to Recovery
147(30)
VIII. The Theban Supremacy
177(35)
IX. The Religious Revolution and After
212(35)
X. The Ramesside Period: (I) The Nineteenth Dynasty
247(34)
XI. The Ramesside Period: (2) The Twentieth Dynasty
281(35)
XII. Egypt under Foreign Rule
316(36)
XIII. The Last Assertions of Independence
352(32)
BOOK III BACK TO THE BEGINNING 384(45)
XIV. Prehistory
384(16)
XV. Manetho's First Two Dynasties. Epilogue
400(29)
APPENDIX. The Kings of Egypt from Manetho, the King-Lists, and the Monuments 429(25)
ADDENDA 454(1)
INDEX 455

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