Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Editat de Kathryn A. Barden Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mar 1999
The main body of the text offers more than 300 alphabetically organized entries, written by some of the most eminent scholars in this field. Areas covered include:
artefacts - glass, jewellery, sculpture
archaeological practices - dating techniques, representational evidence, textual sources
biographies - Howard Carter, Gertrude Caton Thompson, Gaston Maspero
buildings - cult temples, private tombs, pyramid complexes
geographical features - agriculture, climate, irrigation
sites - Abydos, Dakhla Oasis, Thebes
social organization - kingship, law, taxation
The text is extensively illustrated with over 120 images. Each entry is followed by a selected further reading section which includes foreign language sources to supplement the available works in English.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415185899
ISBN-10: 0415185890
Pagini: 968
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 64 mm
Greutate: 1.95 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415185890
Pagini: 968
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 64 mm
Greutate: 1.95 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateRecenzii
'This title stands out as a compact, authoritative source with a wide range of information presented in scholarly but readable style...An excellent choice for libraries of all types and individuals.' - M. R. Dittemore, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Cuprins
Alexandria * Balabish * Carter, Howard * climate * dating techniques * Dendera * Egyptian language and writing * Egyptology, history of * faience, technology and production * funerary texts * Giza * Herodotus * Israelites * jewellery * Karnak * law * Luxor, temple of * metallurgy * mummies, scientific study of * mythology * Nubian towns and temples * Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders * pyramids, construction techniques * representational evidence * Rosetta Stone * Saqqara * Sea Peoples * social organization * taxation and conscription * Tell el-Amarna * Tell ed-Daba * textual sources * Thebes * trade, foreign * Wadi Kubbaniya * wine making *
Descriere
This is the first reference work in English ever to present a systematic coverage of the archaeology of this region from the earliest finds of the Palaeolithic period through to the fourth century AD.