A History of Ancient Egypt - From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid

Informationen zum Autor John Romer has been working in Egypt since 1966 in key archaeological sites, including Karnak and Medinet Habu. He initiated conservation studies in the Valley of the Kings and led the Brooklyn Museum expedition to excavate the tomb of Ramesses XI. He has written and presented a number of television series, including Romer's Egypt , Ancient Lives , Testament and Byzantium . His major books include The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited and Valley of the Kings . He lives in Italy. Klappentext Draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settled, spread and created a rich, vivid, strange civilization that had its first culmination in the pharaoh Khufu building the Great Pyramid. Zusammenfassung Draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settled, spread and created a rich, vivid, strange civilization that had its first culmination in the pharaoh Khufu building the Great Pyramid.

Product details

• Authors: John Romer, Romer John
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9780141399713
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139971-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Africa / General, Ancient History, African History, Ancient Egypt, African history: pre-colonial period