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Exploring ancient Egypt

Ian Shaw
Exploring Ancient Egypt, the fifth volume in the Places in Time series, reveals the excitement of science and history as it tours archaeological discoveries from ancient Egypt. Each of twenty chapters treats a particular site, reflecting a variety of site types (pyramids, rock tombs, temples, and most of the major settlements such as el-Amarna and Alexandria) and offering a balance between daily life, religion, and funerary practices. Each site-chapter features a mapshowing its location, a site reconstruction, and a chronological table covering the span of occupation. Each chapters narrativ

eBook, English, 2003
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2003