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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... Egyptian valley and delta , transforming the country into a long shallow lake , towns and villages remaining on low islands linked by causeways ( Plate 1 ) . As the current was checked some of the silt settled on to the land and was ...
... Egypt . It has sometimes been thought that organized society - civilization in Egypt and elsewhere arose from the need for collective effort to control rivers to allow agriculture to develop . In the case of ancient Egypt one can state ...
... Egypt became a fer- vently Christian country . The Christian legacy in modern Egypt is the Coptic church . Its ... Egyptian priest , Manetho . Despite inaccuracies introduced by copyists , Manetho's access to temple archives gave ...
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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 |