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Exploring Ancient Egypt
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 map
showing its location, a site reconstruction, and a chronological table covering the span of occupation. Each chapters narrative describes the history of the sites excavation, the principal finds, and a discussion of the particular method being used.
Exploring Ancient Egypt offers a fascinating lens in which to view the culture and lifestyle of the people of ancient Egypt, their technological achievements, their relationships with and ways of exploiting the environment, and the spiritual ideologies that motivated them. Here are some of the
places visited in Exploring Ancient Egypt
The First Egyptian City
The Tombs of the First Kings
The Step Pyramid of Djoser
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx
Abusir and Abu Royal Tombs and Sun Temples
The Tombs and Shrines of the Nomarchs
El-Lahun and The Pyramid and Town of Senusret II
Beni The Rock Tombs of the Oryx Nome
South Turquoise Mining at Wadi Mahara and Serabit El-Kaham
The City and Necropolis of Nekheb
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 map
showing its location, a site reconstruction, and a chronological table covering the span of occupation. Each chapters narrative describes the history of the sites excavation, the principal finds, and a discussion of the particular method being used.
Exploring Ancient Egypt offers a fascinating lens in which to view the culture and lifestyle of the people of ancient Egypt, their technological achievements, their relationships with and ways of exploiting the environment, and the spiritual ideologies that motivated them. Here are some of the
places visited in Exploring Ancient Egypt
The First Egyptian City
The Tombs of the First Kings
The Step Pyramid of Djoser
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx
Abusir and Abu Royal Tombs and Sun Temples
The Tombs and Shrines of the Nomarchs
El-Lahun and The Pyramid and Town of Senusret II
Beni The Rock Tombs of the Oryx Nome
South Turquoise Mining at Wadi Mahara and Serabit El-Kaham
The City and Necropolis of Nekheb
292 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2003
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About the author
Ian Shaw
81 books31 followersDr. Ian Shaw (born 1961) is an Egyptologist and Reader in Egyptian archaeology at the University of Liverpool.
His field work was largely focused in el-Amarna, but in recent times, he has done extensive excavations of mining and quarrying sites from many different Ancient Egyptian periods. He primarily focuses his recent work on methods and mechanics of Egyptian craftsmen and laborers. However, he has produced several works regarding ancient Egyptian warfare; a topic that had long been ignored or only briefly commented on by other researchers.
Besides writing original books, he also has edited several "dictionaries" of Ancient Egypt (which might more correctly be labeled "encyclopedias"; they are in no way lexicons).
His field work was largely focused in el-Amarna, but in recent times, he has done extensive excavations of mining and quarrying sites from many different Ancient Egyptian periods. He primarily focuses his recent work on methods and mechanics of Egyptian craftsmen and laborers. However, he has produced several works regarding ancient Egyptian warfare; a topic that had long been ignored or only briefly commented on by other researchers.
Besides writing original books, he also has edited several "dictionaries" of Ancient Egypt (which might more correctly be labeled "encyclopedias"; they are in no way lexicons).
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November 24, 2024
Although much new information has come out in the twenty years since this book was published, it is still a very good introduction to some of the major archaeological sites from ancient Egypt. Very readable and accessible. A good companion to some of the histories that do not go into so much detail about each site.
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