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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... developed to meet the expectations of researchers for a time , but later are seen to be false when replaced by new models which are based upon better knowledge . What are those discarded explanations but myths ? Much of what we think we ...
... simmering pot and substitute oil for the water , and turn up the heat , we will see the oil develop structure , in the form of visible hexagon - shaped flows which disperse the heat more rapidly . Those structures have 4 Introduction.
... developed must survive to allow the play - gaming is a powerful metaphor here - to move on and to rise to levels of ever greater complexity . A positive outcome of some sort is inherent in the process . It is thus entirely normal that ...
... developed in one of the largest arid desert areas in the world , larger than the whole of Europe . It was possible only because of the River Nile , which crosses an almost rainless desert from south to north carrying the waters of Lake ...
... develop . In the case of ancient Egypt one can state that this was not so . The origin of civilization is not to be sought in something so simple . It is true that modern Egypt is maintained by an elaborate irrigation system . This is ...
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 |