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Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Egypt

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ISBN-10: 0028642775

ISBN-13: 9780028642772

Edition: 2002

Authors: Donald P. Ryan

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Alongside the Nile are the remains of a civilisation that dates back before the classical Greeks. Just as the Greeks and Romans marvelled at Egypt's antiquities, the amazing technical achievements of the Egyptians continue to fascinate us today.
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Egyptology: Laying the Foundation
Egypt: The Loss and Recovery of an Ancient Civilization
It Came and It Went
Where Did It Go?
Hard Survivors
Through Foreigners' Eyes
Picking Up the Pieces
Too Many Cooks Do Not Spoil the Stew!
The Real Things
Rediscovering the Past
The Greeks, Again
Travelers and Religious Pilgrims Drop In
Europeans Start Taking Egypt Seriously
Napoleon the Egyptologist?
Welcome to the "Wild West"
Egyptian Archaeology Is Revolutionized
The Archaeological Record
Egyptology Blooms
Ancient Egypt in Space and Time
On the Map
Gift of the Nile
Frameworks of Time
Not Exactly So
Egyptian History in a Nutshell
Egyptian Time
The Name Game
How Old Is It?
Glyphs
Animated Speculation
Meet the Rosetta Stone!
All in the Family
How It Works
Lots of Glyphs to Go Around
What Were They Writing About?
Talk Like an Egyptian
Glyphs Are Your Friend
Egyptian Grammar School
Show Me the Words!
Life and Death in Ancient Egypt
Daily Life
Domestic Life
Going to Work!
Everyday Things
Paying the Bills
Science and Technology
The Numbers Game
Sizing Things Up
Calendar
Medicine
Technology Time
Cutting and Chiseling
Gold and Other Malleable Metals
Wood!
Getting Around
The River Road
Tying Up Loose Ends
Religion: Organizing the World
Gods for Everything
A View of the World
High Drama
Mansions for the Gods
Mummies for Dummies
Multifaceted You!
Taking the Trip
Making Mummies
Tombs
Last Trip Down the Road
Purloining the Perished
Animal Mummies
Where'd They All Go?
The Pageant of History
The Earliest Egyptians
Prehistoric History
Out of Africa
How Did They Live?
A Radical Change
Life in the New Stone Age
Revolutionary Forces
Predynastic Times
The Road to "Civilization"
Unifying the Two Lands
Age of Pyramids
Dynasty Zero
The Fighting Hawk
Number Two
Royal Concerns
The Old Kingdom
Djoser Rules!
A Remarkable Time of Building
A Mysterious Discovery
Old Kingdom Times
Sunny Days
Going Downhill?
Pharaohs' Mountains
Stairway to Heaven
One Giant Leap
A Lost Pyramid
Collapsed and Bent Pyramids
It Doesn't Get Any Bigger
A Most Amazing Discovery
Khafra Tries to Outdo Dad
The Great Sphinx
Smaller but Classy
The Later Pyramids
Construction Controversy
Infrastructure
A Reasonable Scenario
The Seven Wonders
Chaos and Stability
Bad Times Coming!
A Golden Age
Middle Kingdom Writing and Religion
Losing Control ... Again!
The Age of Empire
Meet the Neighbors!
Borders
A View to the East
A View to the North
A View to the West
A View to the South
An Empire Is Built
Kicking Out the Hyksos
Back in Business
Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Building the Empire
Disrupting the System
Famous Because He's Dead!
Cleaning Up the Mess
Setting Things Straight
Ramesses Is Great
King Tut's Valley
The Secret Valley
Tourists and Diggers
Three Incredible Discoveries You've Probably Never Heard Of
The Biggest Discovery of Them All!
More Surprises
Village of the Royal Tomb-Builders
Moving the Mummies
Mummies on Display
Egypt and the Holy Book
Floods, Famines, and Pharaohs
Jacob and Sons
Abused by the Pharaoh
Pain and Suffering
Saving the Worst for Last
Natural Explanations
Who's That Bad Man?
A Lack of Evidence
Passover
The Promised Land
Hiding Out in Egypt with Jesus
Changing Times, Ideas, and Influences
Uninvited Visitors
Who's the Boss?
Royal Discoveries
Here Come the Greeks!
The City of Alexandria
Cleopatra Meets the Romans
Missionaries
Changing Times
Egyptomania!
Early Egyptomaniacs
Renaissance Revival
Reports from the Field
Egypt Goes to the Opera
Pharaoh's Poetry Corner
The Twentieth Century
Yet Even More ...
Read All About It!
Egypt on the Big Screen
Bitten by the Bug
Alternative Theories
The Other Side of the Fence
They Came from Outer Space
The Pyramids
Pyramid Power
Chronological Revisionists
The Mummy's Curse
Inscriptions Everywhere
Been Here Before
Fulfilling a Need
Dealing with the Unusual
An Open Mind
Revealing the Big Secret
Ancient Egypt in the Modern World
Facing the Future
That's All There Is!
Nature Doesn't Care
A Serious Matter
Loving the Monuments to Death
Who Owns the Past?
Bring It on Home
Grave Robbers?
A Little Something for Me?
Few Easy Solutions
Exploring Egypt Today
Getting There
Organized or Independent?
Cairo
Thebes
On to Aswan
A View from the Deck
And Far to the North
Here and There
Troubled Times
A Great and Noble People
Hungry?
Pursuing Your Interest
So You Want to Be an Egyptologist?
Get a Job!
Museums: Minding the Warehouse
Getting a Piece of the Action Anyway
See You Later
Glossary
Exploring on Your Own: A Select Bibliography
Resources for Further Exploration
Egypt Abroad: Museums with Egyptian Collections
Index