The rise and fall of ancient Egypt
By: Toby Wilkinson.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 696
ISBN-13: 9780553805536
Subjects: Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C; Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C
Description: In this magnificent history, Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconography of power, to reveal Ancient Egypt in all its complexity--from the brutality and repression that lay behind the appearance of its unchanging monarchy to its extraordinary architectural and cultural achievements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.