From the rear cover
This is an account of the rise and fall of the civilization in the Nile Valley, covering the first human settlement (c. 120,000 BC) to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. It is the first reign-by-reign history of ancient Egypt to be published since Sir Alan Gardiner's Egypt of the Pharaohs (1961) and takes full account of the many archaeological, scientific and linguistic discoveries of the last three decades. The author blends archaeological and textual evidence into a lucid and vivid narrative and, by quoting extensively from contemporary sources, such as the funerary autobiographies of individuals and the official accounts of military campaigns, adds a strong sense of atmosphere to the unfolding of events.
Nicolas Grimal recounts the political, cultural and economic history of the Egyptians within the framework of an intricate and well-argued chronology. At a time when the vast accumulation of information from ancient Egypt is becoming almost too diverse for a single mind to encompass, he has managed to transform - without disguising current gaps in knowledge - disparate sources of evidence and the findings of many different disciplines into a coherent historical sequence. This is in itself a considerable achievement: it has also provided the means of presenting one of the most scholarly and at the same time most readable histories ever written of a civilization whose mysteries and achievements have fascinated the West for well over two millennia.
For the paperback edition a section of further reading in English has been prepared by Kent R. Weekes, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.
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- Title A History of Ancient Egypt
- Author Nicolas Grimal
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford
- Date 1994-07-19
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780631193968 / 0631193960
- Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.01 x 1.22 in (22.86 x 15.27 x 3.10 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Library of Congress subjects Egypt - History - To 332 B.C
- Dewey Decimal Code 932.01
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