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History of Ancient Egypt Paperback - 1999

by Erik Hornung; David Lorton (Translator)


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From our vantage point ancient Egyptian civilization, with its strictly hierarchic organization, can appear static through its three-thousand-year history. In his concise and authoritative introduction to that distant culture, a renowned Egyptologist reveals the turbulent events beneath the rigid facade. Erik Hornung begins his account by taking a brief look at the prehistoric era in Egypt. He then focuses on political events during the period beginning with the reign of Menes and closing with the conquest by Alexander the Great. Building on insights drawn from the civilization's surviving texts and monuments, he also describes significant cultural developments, such as changes in burial customs and the building of the Great Pyramids and Sun Temples.Originally published in German, this important and highly useful survey has been revised throughout for its publication in English. In addition, the English version features over fifty illustrations, an updated bibliography, a glossary, and a chronological table.

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  • Title History of Ancient Egypt
  • Author Erik Hornung; David Lorton (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Date 1999-04-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780801484759 / 0801484758
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.08 x 0.56 in (23.42 x 15.44 x 1.42 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Egypt - History - To 332 B.C
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-44396
  • Dewey Decimal Code 932

About the author

Erik Hornung is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel. He is the author of Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt also from Cornell. An American Egyptologist, David Lorton translated Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids, by Guillemette Andreu, from Cornell. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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