The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt

T G H James

The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Country
United States
Published
1 October 2005
Pages
208
ISBN
9780472031375

The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt

T G H James

The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt provides a lively and accessible introduction to ancient Egyptian life for general readers and students. The nearly independent chapters provide a comprehensive survey of ancient Egypt and its rich and well-documented culture. In addition to individual chapter bibliographies there is a general bibliography, an annotated list of important museum collections, a king list with a selected set of illustrated royal cartouches, and a general index.

Highlights include:

Lively overviews distilled from the latest discoveries and research

Maps, plans, reconstruction drawings, chronologies, site lists and recommendations for further reading

Hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations

T.G.H. James is a former Keeper of the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan in the British Museum and is the author of several books on Egypt and Egyptology, including Pharoah’s People: Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt; Howard Carter; Tutankhamun; and others.

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