1st Edition

Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Edited By Kathryn A. Bard Copyright 1999
    968 Pages
    by Routledge

    968 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Encyclopedia opens with a general map of the region and a chronology of periods and dynasties, providing a context for the entries. The first section of the volume then comprises 14 overviews which explore the history and significance of each period.
    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.

    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 *

    Biography

    Kathryn A. Bard

    '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