num_pages: 400
description: Spanning the years from c. 5000 B.C. to the early centuries A.D. the Nile Valley civilization was one of the earliest created by humankind. It remains one of the most fascinating and influential. This handy yet encyclopedic reference work offers a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptianhistory from Predynastic times to the Old and New Kingdoms to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Accessible authoritative and clearly organized the Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt affords an engaging look at a culture whose art architecture religion and medicine came to form the basis ofWestern Civilization.The thematically arranged chapters allow readers easy access to several key topics including historical background geography government religion funerary customs architecture literature the military the economy and everyday life. Drawing on written sources dating from c. 3100 B.C. andsuch widespread archaeological evidence as monuments artifacts inscriptions and preserved human remains noted Egyptologist Rosalie David covers everything from the Sun Cult and the pyramids to the arrival and dispersal of Christianity. Her useful Handbook also * 112 maps photographs and original line drawings* suggestions for further reading at the conclusion of each chapter* a chronological table of over five millennia of Egyptian history* an appendix listing museums with Egyptian collections* a timely and extensive overall bibliography as well as a thorough indexCombining archaeological and historical sources this Handbook provides all the essential data required by anyone interested in Egyptian history archaeology religion or culture.
language: English
title: The Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt
publisher: Oxford University Press