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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... recording , or in any information storage or retrieval system , without permission in writing from the publishers . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ...
... records of Egypt : historical documents , 5 vols , Chicago , 1906-7 Bard , Encyclopedia K.A. Bard , ed . , Encyclopedia of the archaeology of ancient Egypt , London BIFAO CAJ CdE EA and New York , 1999 Bulletin de l'Institut français d ...
... record of 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 ...
... record of the slow subjuga- tion of people to polities of increasing size , ambition and complexity , sometimes with and sometimes without their consent . When they are small and ' primitive ' we are accustomed to call them chiefdoms ...
... record of perversity and conflict . It has not been just the clash of armies . Fears of disorder and of alienation in a hostile world were a theme of thoughtful ancient Egyptian literature as far back as the early third millennium BC ...
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 |