The civilization of ancient Egypt
By: Paul Johnson.
Edition: Updated and redesigned ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C; Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D
Description: "From the beginning of Egyptian culture to the rediscovery of the pharaohs, the book covers the totalitarian theocracy, the empire of the Nile, the structure of dynastic Egypt, the dynastic way of death, hieroglyphs, the anatomy of pre-perspective art and, finally, the decline and fall of the pharaohs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252) and index.