History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction - Softcover

Hornung, Erik

 
9780801484759: History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801484758 ISBN 13: 9780801484759
Verlag: Cornell University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

From our vantage point ancient Egyptian civilization, with its strictly hierarchic organization, can appear static through its three-thousand-year history. In his concise and authoritative introduction to that distant culture, a renowned Egyptologist reveals the turbulent events beneath the rigid facade. Erik Hornung begins his account by taking a brief look at the prehistoric era in Egypt. He then focuses on political events during the period beginning with the reign of Menes and closing with the conquest by Alexander the Great. Building on insights drawn from the civilization's surviving texts and monuments, he also describes significant cultural developments, such as changes in burial customs and the building of the Great Pyramids and Sun Temples.Originally published in German, this important and highly useful survey has been revised throughout for its publication in English. In addition, the English version features over fifty illustrations, an updated bibliography, a glossary, and a chronological table.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Erik Hornung is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel. He is the author of Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt also from Cornell. An American Egyptologist, David Lorton translated Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids, by Guillemette Andreu, from Cornell. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Verlag
Cornell University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0801484758
ISBN 13 
9780801484759
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
206
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