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 *

About the Author

Kathryn A. Bard

Reviews

'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