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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... original source is to be found . This is the crucial difference between what we might term ' rational myth ' my ludicrously inadequate working - knowledge of nuclear physics , or my better informed but still largely speculative account ...
... to be seen . Anciently there was only one : the shaduf , a device of simple construction , a pivoted , horizontal pole with a counterweight Figure 2 Cultivating perennial gardens : the original method . Introduction 11.
... original method . Water is carried to the square growing - beds in pairs of pottery jars suspended on wooden yokes . On the right a man kneels plant- ing a lettuce in a hole made with a stick . Tomb of Mereruka , Sakkara , c . 2300 BC ...
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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 |