num_pages: 328
description: This successful and highly-esteemed British Museum reference work is now republished in a new pocket-sized edition. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans and maps.
language: English
title: The British Museum: Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
titlecomplete: The British Museum: Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
genres: Nonfiction, Egyptology, Reference, History
ratings_count: 71
publisher: American University in Cairo Press