List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Chronology and king list
<B>Introduction<$>
<I>Toby Wilkinson<$>
<B>Part I: Environments<$>
1 The Nile Valley
<I>David Jeffreys<$>
2 The Delta
<I>Penelops Wilson<$>
3 The deserts
<I>John Darnell<$>
4 The oases
<I>A.J. Mills<$>
5 Urban life
<I>Nadine Moeller<$>
<B>Part II: Institutions<$>
6 The monarchy
<I>Aidan Dodson<$>
7 The administration
<I>Chris Naunron<$> and<I> Karen Exell<$>
8 The temple priesthood
<I>Rosalie David<$>
9 The army
<I>Tony Spalinger<$>
<B>Part III: Economies <$>
10 Agriculture and animal husbandry
<I>Douglas Brewer<$>
11 Craft production and technology
<I>Anna Stevens<$> and <I>Mark Eccleston<$>
12 Labour
<I>Kathlyn M. Cooney<$>
13 State and private enterprise
<I>Edward Bleiberg<$>
14 Land tenure and taxation
<I>Sally Katary<$>
<B>Part IV: Societies <$>
15 Gender and sexuality
<I>T.G. Wilfong<$>
16 Ethnicity and culture
<I>Stuart Tyson Smith<$>
17 Local identities
<I>Fredrik Hagen<$>
18 Morality and ethics
<I>Boyo G. Ockinga<$>
19 Law
<I>Schafik Allam<$>
<B>Part V: Ideologies <$>
20 Kingship
<I>Katja Goebs<$>
21 Creation myths
<I>Lucia Gahlin<$>
22 Temple cults
<I>Emily Teeter<$>
23 Private religion
<I>Lucia Gahlin<$>
24 Afterlife beliefs and burial customs
<I>Salima Ikram<$>
<B>Part VI: Aesthetics <$>
25 Art
<I>Gay Robbins<$>
26 Architecture
<I>Kate Spence<$>
27 Literature
<I>James Allen<$>
<B>Part VII: Interactions<$>
28 Egypt and Nubia
<I>Timothy Kendall<$>
29 Egypt and the Levant
<I>Manfred Bietak<$>
30 Egypt and Mesopotamia
<I>Toby Wilkinson<$>
31 Egypt and the Mediterranean world
<I>Louise Steel<$>
32 Egypt and the modern world
<I>Andrew Bednarski<$>
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Toby Wilkinson is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Durham. His publications include Early Dynastic Egypt, The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, and Lives of the Ancient Egyptians.
"Few books examine the broader topics of ancient Egyptian culture, but that is exactly what this impressive volume does...it should be a must-have and must-read volume for anyone studying ancient Egypt, for there are important subjects covered and explored here, that you will not find easily elsewhere." Ancient Egypt, December 2007
