The culture of ancient Egypt
Series: Phoenix books -- P11; An Oriental Institute essay; Phoenix books -- P11.; Oriental Institute essay
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Civilization
Notes: Originally published in 1951 under title: The burden of Egypt.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The black land : geographic features of Egypt; title: Out of the mud : the long prehistoric struggle; title: The search for security and order : Dynasties 1-3 (about 3100-2700 B.C.); title: The king and God : Dynasties 4-6 (about 2700-2200 B.C.); title: The first illness : Dynasties 7-11 (about 2200-2050 B.C.); title: The king as the good shepherd : Dynasties 11-12 (about 2050-1800 B.C.); title: The great humiliation : Dynasties 13-17 (about 1800-1550 B.C.); title: Far frontiers : earlier Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1375 B.C.); title: Irrepressible conflict : later Dynasty 18 (about 1375-1325); title: Where is the glory? : Dysnasties 18-20 (about 1325-1100 B.C.); title: The broken reed : Late Empire and Post-Empire (1350 B.C. and after).