Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 11 March 1999
- ISBN 9780415185899
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages968 pages
- Size 246x174 mm
- Weight 1950 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the first reference work in English ever to present a systematic coverage of the archaeology of this region from the earliest finds of the Palaeolithic period through to the fourth century AD.
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The Encyclopedia opens with a general map of the region and a chronology of periods and dynasties, providing a context for the entries. The first section of the volume then comprises 14 overviews which explore the history and significance of each period.
The main body of the text offers more than 300 alphabetically organized entries, written by some of the most eminent scholars in this field. Areas covered include:
artefacts - glass, jewellery, sculpture
archaeological practices - dating techniques, representational evidence, textual sources
biographies - Howard Carter, Gertrude Caton Thompson, Gaston Maspero
buildings - cult temples, private tombs, pyramid complexes
geographical features - agriculture, climate, irrigation
sites - Abydos, Dakhla Oasis, Thebes
social organization - kingship, law, taxation
The text is extensively illustrated with over 120 images. Each entry is followed by a selected further reading section which includes foreign language sources to supplement the available works in English.
'This title stands out as a compact, authoritative source with a wide range of information presented in scholarly but readable style...An excellent choice for libraries of all types and individuals.' - M. R. Dittemore, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Table of Contents:
Alexandria * Balabish * Carter, Howard * climate * dating techniques * Dendera * Egyptian language and writing * Egyptology, history of * faience, technology and production * funerary texts * Giza * Herodotus * Israelites * jewellery * Karnak * law * Luxor, temple of * metallurgy * mummies, scientific study of * mythology * Nubian towns and temples * Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders * pyramids, construction techniques * representational evidence * Rosetta Stone * Saqqara * Sea Peoples * social organization * taxation and conscription * Tell el-Amarna * Tell ed-Daba * textual sources * Thebes * trade, foreign * Wadi Kubbaniya * wine making *
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