An introduction to the 4000-year history of ancient Egypt from predynastic times to the end of the Ptolemaic period (30BC). The work contains a new introduction since its first publication as "The Egyptian Kingdoms" in 1975. The opening chapter gives a summary of the history of ancient Egypt. Two chapters follow on the rediscovery of this almost forgotten civilization by the scholars among Napoleon's invasion forces, by later travellers and explorers and by the professional scholars and archaeologists of today. Later chapters examine the civilization of ancient Egypt in greater detail and explain such topics as how the pyramids were built and how a corpse was mummified. Four visual stories portray the evolution of the pyramid, Akhenaten's royal city of Tell el-Amarna, the form and function of a temple and the story of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
- ISBN10 0714824720
- ISBN13 9780714824727
- Publish Date 11 August 1988 (first published 28 September 1984)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English