Early Dynastic Egypt spans the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This was the formative period of ancient Eg…
Read moreThis volume presents the findings of a major international project on the application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology. …
Read more• Presents historical evidence of the civilization ruled by the “gods” that the Egyptians claimed preceded their own • Explains who these prehis…
Read moreAccording to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this re…
Read moreThis completely revised edition of a classic study of ancient Egypt takes full account of recent scholarly work. Tracing the values and achievements…
Read moreAt the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis there lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearb…
Read moreEternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum is one of the greatest loan exhibitions ever to have been mounted from the collect…
Read moreAn introductory guide to the peoples, history, religions, and customs of Nubia, the ancient African kingdom on the Nile. In a series of simple, str…
Read moreIn the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, …
Read more"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, …
Read moreThe meaning of late prehistoric Egyptian images has until now been tantalizingly mysterious, as little understood as the circumstances of their prod…
Read moreRich, detailed survey of Egyptian conception of "God" and gods, magic, cult of animals, Osiris, more. Also, superb English translations of…
Read moreExposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day • Details the vandalism of Egyp…
Read moreAn examination of the earliest creation traditions and symbols of China and their similarities to those of other ancient cultures • Reveals the dee…
Read moreThe Pharaoh's Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Egypt's Enduring Food Traditions is more than a cookbook - it is a wealth of culinary lore and h…
Read moreThe kings of ancient Egypt's first five dynasties were responsible for the creation of a unique and enduring civilisation, epitomised by its mos…
Read moreThis book examines a group of twelve ancient Egyptian tombs (ca. 2300 BCE) in the elite Old Kingdom cemetery of Elephantine at Qubbet el-Hawa in mod…
Read moreMariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, an…
Read morePoetry, stories, hymns, prayers, and wisdom texts found exquisite written expression in ancient Egypt while their literary counterparts were still b…
Read moreHatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty—was born into a privileged positi…
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