Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a CivilizationPsychology Press, 2006 - 437 pages Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp's work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt. |
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... Nile , which crosses an almost rainless desert from south to north carrying the waters of Lake Victoria more than 3,000 miles to the Mediterranean Sea . In ancient times Egypt was just the last 700 miles of this waterway , the stretch ...
... Kab Edfu 100 200 kilometres Kom Ombo Elephantine Aswan Figure 1 Map of the northern Nile valley showing ancient Egyptian sites . Sinai BA RED SEA kingdoms . These names are conventionally translated as ' Upper. Introduction 6.
... Nile receives two tributaries , the Blue Nile and the Atbara , both rising in the high , mountainous plateau of Ethiopia . The heavy summer rains in Ethiopia swell enormously the volume of these tributaries , and sweep down them a heavy ...
... Nile via networks of canals , but also the use of machines for lifting it up to ground level . Nowadays a range of machines is to be seen . Anciently there was only one : the shaduf , a device of simple construction , a pivoted ...
... Nile valley culture of ancient times , sometimes by a process of gradual modification , sometimes by deliberate attack . Modern knowledge of ancient Egypt is , therefore , the result of reconstruction by scholars . It has two main ...
Contents
Who were the ancient Egyptians? | 19 |
The intellectual foundations of the early state | 60 |
The dynamics of culture | 111 |
The provider state | 161 |
The bureaucratic mind | 163 |
Model communities | 193 |
Intimations of our future | 245 |