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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... human societ- ies function . This comprehensive survey of Egyptian society and history transforms our understanding of this remarkable civilization . Ancient written documents often provide the essential information and these are used ...
... human achievement in the distant past and a pointer to a future failure of humanity - which is with us now to face the terrible destructive consequences of many of those achievements . I would like history to be a record of the struggle ...
... human beings . But in practice culture is a collective phenom- enon . A characteristic of being human is a wish to be part of a broader group with a distinctive identity , founded in language , religion , citizenship , guild , local ...
... human societies , behind our imagined views of them , our extreme gen- eralizations and the stories that historians compose , there lies a reality that is altogether very hard to come to terms with . A society Introduction 3.
... human characteristics . Moreover , from population to population the norms themselves vary , whether they concern body height or willingness to die in a cause , and within the same population some degree of variation is to be expected ...
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 |