| Author | : Stan Hendrickx |
| Publisher | : Peeters Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 1196 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9789042914698 |
Studies in Memory of Barbara Adams Proceedings of the International Conference 'Origins of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt', Krakow, 28th August--1st September 2002.
| Author | : Ellen M. Ryan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Antiquities, Prehistoric |
| ISBN | : 9789042934436 |
This volume, publishing the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Cairo, 2014), presents the results of the latest research and discoveries in the field which are leading to a better understanding of the origins of the Ancient Egyptian civilization. The 39 articles are organised under five major headings: Settlements and Domestic Activities; Mortuary Archaeology; Technology: Pottery and Lithic Production; Iconography and Writing; Rock Art. Each contribution provides new insights into the variety of factors contributing to the rise of the distinct form of the early Egyptian state. Recent discoveries from major sites such as Hierakonpolis, Abydos, and Buto, are the subject of different articles, but also other sites, such as Abu Rawash and the Naqada region, are discussed.
| Author | : Toby A.H. Wilkinson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 395 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134664206 |
Early Dynastic Egypt spans the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This was the formative period of ancient Egyptian civilization, and it witnessed the creation of a distinctive culture that was to endure for 3,000 years. This book examines the background to that great achievement, the mechanisms by which it was accomplished, and the character of life in the Nile valley during the first 500 years of Pharaonic rule. The results of over thirty years of international scholarship and excavation are presented in a single highly illustrated volume. It traces the re-discovery of Early Dynastic Egypt, explains how the dynasties established themselves in government and concludes by examining the impact of the early state on individual communities and regions.
| Author | : John Romer |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 514 |
| Release | : 2013-08-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1250030102 |
The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
| Author | : Brian Muhs |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2016-08-02 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1107113369 |
The first economic history of ancient Egypt employing a New Institutional Economics approach and covering the entire pharaonic period, 3000-30 BCE.
| Author | : Robert J. Wenke |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 397 |
| Release | : 2009-04-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0521573777 |
This survey traces the emergence of Egypt from a rural backwater into a great nation-state with a rich culture. Focusing on the period between 5000 and 2000 BC, the book traces the broad historical processes driving Egyptian civilisation and explores its most remarkable cultural phenomena.
| Author | : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum |
| Publisher | : Oriental Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Antiquities, Prehistoric |
| ISBN | : 9781885923820 |
This catalogue for an exhibit at Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum presents the newest research on the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods in a lavishly illustrated format. Essays on the rise of the state, contact with the Levant and Nubia, crafts, writing, iconography and evidence from Abydos, Tell el-Farkha, Hierakonpolis and the Delta were contributed by leading scholars in the field. The catalogue features 129 Predynastic and Early Dynastic objects, most from the Oriental Institute's collection, that illustrate the environmental setting, Predynastic and Early Dynastic culture, religion and the royal burials at Abydos. This volume will be a standard reference and a staple for classroom use.
| Author | : Augustus Le Plongeon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Egypt |
| ISBN | : 9780893144180 |
The premise for this book is best summarized in the words of its author, who writes: "Plutarch, in his Life of Solon, informs us that Psenophis and Sonchis -- one a priest of Heliopolis, and the other of Sais -- told the Athenian legislator that 9,000 years before his visit to Egypt, on account of the submergence of the Island of Atlantis (Land of Mu of the Mayas) all communications had been interrupted with the Western countries. If the Egyptians learned the art of writing from the Mayas, as no doubt they did, it must have been in times anterior to the cataclysm. In this we would find the explanation of why identical characters are being found on the most ancient monuments of Egypt and those of Mayach, having the same meaning and containing the relation of the same cosmogonical traditions."
| Author | : Salima Ikram |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2021-12-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789464260366 |
Diverse bioarchaeological studies (using both traditional as well as innovative and advanced technologies), covering topics as varied as food, the mummification industry, and health and diseases, giving new insight into how the ancient Egyptians interacted with the flora and fauna that surrounded them.
