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| List of contributors | |
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| King-list and chronology | |
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| Ancient mysteries | |
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| Map | |
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| The Earliest Egyptians | |
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| Where did the Egyptians come from? | |
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| Did the Egyptians invent writing? | |
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| Who were the first kings of Egypt? | |
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| King Menes: myth or reality? | |
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| Human sacrifice in the royal tombs | |
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| The royal boat burials at Abydos | |
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| Pyramids & Tombs | |
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| Origins of the pyramids | |
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| What is a pyramid for? | |
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| Were the pyramids built by slaves? | |
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| The multiple pyramids of Snofru | |
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| The Great Pyramid | |
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| Riddles of the Great Sphinx | |
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| Are the pyramids aligned with the stars? | |
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| The anonymous Qurneh burial | |
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| Abydos: the last royal pyramid? | |
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| The lost tomb of Amenhotep I | |
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| Where is the body of Akhenaten? | |
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| The mausoleum of the sons of Ramesses II | |
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| Who robbed the Valley of the Kings? | |
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| The missing tombs of Tanis | |
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| Are there more royal tombs in Egypt? | |
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| Pharaohs & Queens | |
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| Did the pharaohs marry their sisters? | |
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| The assassination of kings | |
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| The first woman to rule Egypt | |
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| Senenmut: a partner for Hatshepsut? | |
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| What became of Hatshepsut? | |
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| The enigma of Akhenaten | |
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| Why did Nefertiti disappear? | |
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| The Tutankhamun conspiracy | |
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| The 'Elder Lady' | |
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| Smendes: the alternative king? | |
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| The Nubian 'Dark Age' | |
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| Khababash, the guerrilla king | |
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| The fatal attraction of Cleopatra | |
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| People & Places | |
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| Where was the kingdom of Yam? | |
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| Sinuhe: literary hero or real-life deserter? | |
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| Who were the Hyksos? | |
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| The Minoan paintings of Avaris | |
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| Was Alashiya Cyprus? | |
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| Punt and God's Land | |
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| The 'Sea Peoples': raiders or refugees? | |
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| The Report of Wenamun: fact or fable? | |
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| Ancient Wisdom & Belief | |
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| The mysterious gods of Egypt | |
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| Was the king really a god? | |
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| Mummification and the passion of Osiris | |
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| Why write letters to the dead? | |
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| The power of magic | |
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| Why use hieroglyphic writing? | |
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| The origins of Egyptian literature | |
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| Hidden symbols of sex in Egyptian art | |
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| Historical Mysteries | |
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| What did the Egyptians know of their history? | |
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| The end of the great pyramid age | |
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| The First Intermediate Period - a dark age? | |
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| The end of the second pyramid age | |
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| Did the Egyptians go to sea? | |
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| Did Egypt rule Palestine? | |
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| Who won the Battle of Qadesh? | |
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| What became of Egypt's Golden Empire? | |
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| The missing Apis bull burials | |
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| Did Necho send a fleet around Africa? | |
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| How did the Egyptians work granite? | |
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| Did the Egyptians invent glass? | |
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| Why was there no Egyptian Iron Age? | |
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| What did Herodotus see in Egypt? | |
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| Egypt & the Bible | |
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| Joseph: an Egyptian vizier? | |
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| Was Moses at the court of Akhenaten? | |
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| The Israelite Exodus: myth or reality? | |
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| Was Labayu King Saul? | |
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| Who was Solomon's father-in-law? | |
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| Who was 'King Shishak of Egypt'? | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Sources of illustrations | |
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| Index | |