Ancient Egypt

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Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Antiquities.

ISBN: 1900131803
Physical Description 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Publisher London : Duncan Baird, 1997.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245) and index.
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Ancient Egypt

by Silverman, David P. (Editor)

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Ancient Egypt

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Introduction Dr David P. Silverman	p. 6
Part I	The Egyptian World	p. 8
Chapter 1	The Gift of the Nile Dr Fekri Hassan	p. 10
	The River in the Sand	p. 10
	Map: The Nile Delta in ancient times	p. 11
	The Nurturing Waters	p. 12
	Map: The Nile flood	p. 13
	The Great Highway	p. 16
	Map: Egypt and the Nile	p. 17
	A Landscape of the Mind	p. 18
Chapter 2	Three Kingdoms and Thirty-Four Dynasties Dr William J. Murnane	p. 20
	"Most Ancient Egypt"	p. 20
	The First Nation-State	p. 22
	The Zenith of the Unitary State	p. 24
	The First Challenge to Unity	p. 26
	Map: The 42 provinces of ancient Egypt	p. 27
	The Glorious Twelfth Dynasty	p. 28
	A Second Unravelling	p. 30
	From Recovery to Empire	p. 32
	Disunity and Foreign Rule	p. 36
	A Conquered Kingdom	p. 38
Chapter 3	Egypt and the World Beyond Dr Donald B. Redford	p. 40
	The Fear of Horus in the South	p. 40
	Egypt and Asia	p. 42
	Egypt and the Mediterranean	p. 44
	Map: Invasions of the "Peoples of the Sea" and "Labu"	p. 45
	Map: The Ptolemaic empire	p. 46
	International Trade and Travel	p. 48
	Map: Egypt and its trade network	p. 49
	The Grip of Empire	p. 50
	Map: The Egyptian empire in the New Kingdom	p. 50
	The Cosmopolitan Realm	p. 52
	The Minelands of the Sovereign	p. 54
	Egypt's Legacy	p. 55
Chapter 4	The Wealth of the Land Dr Fekri Hassan	p. 58
	The First Farmers	p. 58
	Living off the Land	p. 60
	Hunting, Fishing, Fowling and Foraging	p. 62
	Egypt's Mineral Wealth	p. 64
	Map: Egypt's mineral resources	p. 65
	Managing the Economy	p. 66
Chapter 5	The Settled World Dr Ian Shaw	p. 68
	The Rise of Urban Life	p. 68
	Map: Hierakonpolis ca. 4000 3100BCE	p. 69
	Towns and Houses	p. 70
	Capital Cities	p. 74
	Map: Capital cities of ancient Egypt	p. 74
	Royal Palaces	p. 76
	Fortresses	p. 78
Chapter 6	Women in Egypt Dr Gay Robins	p. 80
	Gender and Society	p. 80
	Roles and Images	p. 82
	The Family	p. 84
	Women and Religion	p. 86
	Royal Women	p. 88
Chapter 7	The Boundaries of Knowledge Dr Christopher Eyre	p. 90
	The Teaching of Knowledge	p. 90
	The Natural World	p. 92
	Mathematics	p. 94
	Medicine	p. 96
	Technology	p. 98
	Magic	p. 100
	The Arts	p. 102
Part II	Belief and Ritual	p. 104
Chapter 8	The Lord of the Two Lands Dr David P. Silverman	p. 106
	The Origins of Kingship	p. 106
	The God-King on Earth	p. 108
	The Pharaoh after Death	p. 110
	Human or Divine?	p. 112
Chapter 9	The Celestial Realm Dr James P. Allen	p. 114
	The Egyptian Cosmos	p. 114
	The Heavenly Domain	p. 116
	The Solar Cycle	p. 118
	"Before Two Things"	p. 120
	The One and the Many	p. 122
	The Word of God	p. 124
	Amun the Unknowable	p. 126
	The Heresy of Akhenaten	p. 128
	The Human Sphere	p. 130
Chapter 10	The Cult of the Dead Dr Robert K. Ritner	p. 132
	Attitudes to Death	p. 132
	The Theology of Death: Isis and Osiris	p. 134
	Funerary Literature	p. 136
	Mummification	p. 138
	The Funerary Cult	p. 140
	Communication with the Dead	p. 142
	Ghosts and Exorcism	p. 144
	The Mummy's Curse	p. 146
Chapter 11	The Life of Ritual Dr Emily Teeter	p. 148
	Securing the Cosmic Order	p. 148
	The Daily Offering	p. 150
	Ancestor Worship	p. 152
	Ritual and History	p. 154
	Ritual Gestures	p. 156
	Sacred Boats	p. 158
	Divine Births and Marriages	p. 160
	Piety and Priesthood	p. 162
	Ritual Games	p. 164
Part III	Art, Architecture and Language	p. 166
Chapter 12	The Pyramids Dr Zahi Hawass	p. 168
	Monuments to an Age	p. 168
	Map: Main pyramid sites of Egypt	p. 169
	Ramps to the Sky: the Pyramid and its Complex	p. 170
	Building the Pyramids	p. 174
	The Earliest Pyramids	p. 178
	Giza: the Great Pyramid	p. 180
	Artist's impression: Inside the Great Pyramid	p. 182
	Giza: the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure	p. 184
	The Great Sphinx	p. 186
	Pyramids of the "Forgotten Pharaohs"	p. 188
	Middle Kingdom Pyramids	p. 190
Chapter 13	Tombs and Temples Dr Peter Der Manuelian	p. 192
	The Dwelling Places of the Dead	p. 192
	Royal Tombs	p. 194
	Map: Royal burial sites of Western Thebes	p. 195
	Private Tombs	p. 197
	Cities of the Dead	p. 200
	The Temple	p. 202
	Houses of the Gods	p. 206
	Artist's impression: The temple of Karnak	p. 208
	Royal Mortuary Temples	p. 210
Chapter 14	Egyptian Art Dr Rita Freed	p. 212
	The Potent Image	p. 212
	Predynastic and Early Dynastic Art	p. 214
	Classical Egypt: the Old Kingdom	p. 216
	Regional Styles and Art of the Imperial Age	p. 218
	Art of the Late Period	p. 222
	Art of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods	p. 224
	The Art of Adornment	p. 226
Chapter 15	Signs, Symbols and Language Dr David P. Silverman	p. 230
	Discovering the Key	p. 230
	Scripts and Scribes	p. 232
	Words and Hieroglyphs	p. 234
	The Evolution of the Language	p. 236
	The Signs Speak	p. 238
	Symbol and Image	p. 240
	Glossary	p. 242
	Bibliography	p. 243
	Index	p. 246
	Picture Credits	p. 256

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