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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... ( perhaps all ) of my knowledge of my special field - Egyptology - is of this kind . The sources that I work with are tangible things , ' facts ' . They are tombstones in museums , pictures on temple walls , drawings of excavated pots ...
... perhaps even , in traditional societies , to the founding of a ruling house . Those few individuals in whom , say , the urge to excel and dominate is unusually strong ( Ram- eses II perhaps ) will have a measurable effect on the system ...
... perhaps very comfortable hive - like existence ? 1 In the long run , it seems , complacency is an unsus- tainable condition , hard - won stability an abhorrence . One answer comes from within the scientific community . There is a view ...
... perhaps a long stability was moving towards inertia and , in a reaction spontaneously taking shape , in the minds of suf- ficient people a preference developed for a more dynamic kind of society , in this case one which replaced a ...
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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 |