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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... distinctive and enduring characteristics , ranging across mat- erial culture , the mindset of its people , and social and economic factors . It identifies the ideas by which the Egyptians organized their experience of the world and ...
... distinctive identity , founded in language , religion , citizenship , guild , local society and so on . Moreover , through hearsay and some of the written and visual signals of culture people imagine that they belong not only to the ...
... city of Memphis . The ancient Egyptians recognized this by giving to each part a distinctive name and treating them as if they had once been independent --- Qattara Depression Bahariya Oasis O O Farafra Oasis Alexandria 8 Introduction.
... distinctive character the term Middle Egypt is often used for the valley north of Asyut . The delta is topographically much more of a unity , but nevertheless tends to be seen by its inhabitants as having an eastern and a western side ...
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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 |