Format:
xviii, 461 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
21 cm
ISBN:
0195002679
,
9780195002676
Series Statement:
Galaxy book GB165
Content:
Bk I. Egyptology Ancient and modern -- The Egyptian language and writing -- The land, its neighbours and resources -- The foundations and nature of Egyptian history -- Excursus: Regnal years and method of dating -- Bk. II. The Old Kingdom -- The rise and fall of the middle Kingdom -- From collapse to recovery -- The Theban supremacy -- The religious revolution and after -- The Ramesside period: the Nineteenth dynasty -- Egypt under foreign rule -- The last assertions of independence -- Bk. III. Prehistory -- Manetho's first two dynasties. Epilogue -- Appendix: The Kings of Egypt from Manetho, the Kinglists and the monuments
Language:
English
Author information:
Gardiner, Alan H. 1879-1963
