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Title

A companion to ancient Egypt / edited by Alan B. Lloyd.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Lloyd, Alan B.

Description

2 v. (xliii, 1276 p., [28] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps, plans; 26 cm.

Summary

This companion provides the very latest accounts of the major and current aspects of Egyptology by leading scholars. It is delivered in a highly readable style and extensively illustrated; published in two volumes, it offers unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage, giving full scope to the discussion of this incredible civilization. Provides the very latest and, where relevant, well-illustrated accounts of the major aspects of Egypt's ancient history and culture. Covers a broad scope of topics including physical context, history, economic and social mechanisms, language, literature, and the visual arts. Delivered in a highly readable style with students and scholars of both Egyptology and Graeco-Roman studies in mind. Provides a chronological table at the start of each volume to help readers orient chapters within the wider historical context.

Series Statement

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Uniform Title

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Alternative Title

Ancient Egypt

Subjects

• Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C
• Egypt > History > To 332 B.C
• Egyptology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• V. 1. pt. 1. The land of Egypt -- pt. 2. Historical narratives -- pt. 3. State and economic structures -- pt. 4. The social order -- v. 2. pt. 5. Language and literature -- pt. 6. The visual arts -- pt. 7. The reception of Egyptian culture.
• V. 1. The physical context of ancient Egypt / Sarah Parcak -- Prehistory / E. Christiana Koehler -- The early dynastic period / Toby Wilkinson -- The Old Kingdom / Michel Baud -- The first intermediate period and the Middle Kingdom / Harco Willems -- The second intermediate period and the New Kingdom / Ludwig D. Morenz and Lutz Popko -- Libyans and Nubians / Christopher Naunton -- Saites and Persians (664-332) / Olivier Perdu -- The Ptolemaic period / Katelijn Vandorpe -- The Roman period / Livia Capponi -- The Pharaoh and Pharaonic office / Ellen F. Morris -- Administration and law : Pharaonic / Ben Haring -- Administration and law : Graeco-Roman / Jane Rowlandson -- Priests and temples : Pharaonic / Neal Spencer -- Egyptian temples and priests : Graeco-Roman / Willy Clarysse -- The economy : Pharaonic / Christopher Eyre -- The economy : Graeco-Roman / Dennis Kehoe -- Settlements -- Distribution, structure, architecture : Pharaonic / Gregory D. Mumford -- Settlements -- Distribution, structure, architecture : Graeco-Roman / Paola Davoli -- Transport in ancient Egypt / Robert B. Partridge -- Science and technology : Pharaonic / Corinna Rossi -- Science and technology : Alexandrian / T.E. Rihll -- Military institutions and warfare : Pharaonic / Anthony J. Spalinger -- Military institutions and warfare : Graeco-Roman / Nigel Pollard -- Social structure and daily life : Pharaonic / Elizabeth Frood -- Social structure and daily life : Graeco-Roman / Eugene Cruz-Uribe -- Religion in society : Pharaonic / Kasia Szpakowska -- Religion in society : Graeco-Roman / David Frankfurter.
• V. 2. Language, scripts, and literacy / James P. Allen -- Middle Kingdom literature / Roland Enmarch -- New Kingdom literature / Gerald Moers -- Late Period literature / Kim Ryholt -- Coptic and coptic literature / Leo Dupuydt -- Greek literature in Egypt / A.D. Morrison -- Temple architecture and decorative systems / Penelope Wilson -- Mortuary architecture and decorative systems / Aidan Dodson -- Early dynastic art and iconography / Stan Hendrickx and Frank Förster -- Old Kingdom sculpture / Hourig Sourouzian -- Sculpture of the Middle Kingdom / Rita E. Freed -- New Kingdom sculpture / Betsy M. Bryan -- Late Period sculpture / Edna R. Russmann -- Ptolemaic and Romano-Egyptian sculpture / Sally-Ann Ashton -- Pharaonic painting through the New Kingdom / Betsy M. Bryan -- Mosaics and paintings in Graeco-Roman Egypt / Helen Whitehouse -- Egyptian art of late antiquity / Thelma K. Thomas -- The reception of Pharaonic Egypt in classical antiquity / Alan B. Lloyd -- The reception of Egypt in Europe / Andrew Bednarski -- The reception of Pharaonic Egypt in Islamic Egypt / Michael Cooperson -- Ancient Egypt in the museum ; concepts and constructions / Christina Riggs.

Call Number

DT60

ISBN

• 9781405155984 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1405155981 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009046366

OCLC

465330371

Title

A companion to ancient Egypt / edited by Alan B. Lloyd.

Imprint

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Series

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Lloyd, Alan B.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR DT60 .C6345 2010