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Ancient Egypt - Anatomy of a Civilization

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This new edition of Barry Kemp's popular text, now revised to include the latest developments in the field,presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp's work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt.

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Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations of works; Introduction; Part I Establishing identity; 1 Who were the ancient Egyptians?; 2 The intellectual foundations of the early state; 3 The dynamics of culture; Part II The provider state; 4 The bureaucratic mind; 5 Model communities; Part III Intimations of our future; 6 New Kingdom Egypt: the mature state; 7 The birth of economic man; 8 Egypt in microcosm: the city of Amarna; Index


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Barry J. Kemp is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology (University of Cambridge), Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (University of Cambridge) and director of the Amarna Project.


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This new edition of Barry Kemp's popular text, now revised to include the latest developments in the field, presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people.

Product details

Authors Barry J Kemp, Barry J. Kemp, Kemp Barry J.
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 18.06.2018
 
EAN 9780415827263
ISBN 978-0-415-82726-3
No. of pages 398
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Africa / General, Ancient History, African History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, African history: pre-colonial period

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