The Ancient Egypt Guide

by Murnane, William J.; Dodson, Aidan; Warner, Nicolas (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781566568586
• ISBN10: 1566568587
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

Originally published as the Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt, William Murnane's highly-acclaimed book has been fully revised and updated by Professor Aidan Dodson. This new edition will bring Murnane's engaging yet rigorous learning to a new audience, complete with up-to-date guidebook information as well as a compact yet wide-ranging cultural history.

Author Biography

William J. Murnane was born in New York in 1945 and studied at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A prolific writer, he became Professor of Ancient History at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, and field director of an ongoing project devoted to recording and publishing the reliefs and inscriptions in the Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Karnak. He died suddenly in 2000.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition	p. 9
Preface to the second edition	p. 11
The Land and the River	p. 17
People, Professions and Leisure	p. 25
The Government	p. 43
Pharaonic Egypt and its Neighbours	p. 51
Cities of God	p. 59
Death and Burial	p. 65
Mansions of Eternity	p. 77
Graxo-Roman Twilight	p. 87
Pharaonic Heritage	p. 93
The Delta	p. 99
Cairo and Environs I: Ancient Pharaonic Monuments	p. 111
Cairo and Environs II: Christian and Islamic Sites (Nicholas Warner)	p. 115
Giza to Abusir	p. 151
Memphis and Saqqara	p. 167
The Southern Pyramid Fields and the Faiyum	p. 187
Middle Egypt	p. 194
Abydos to Luxor	p. 219
Luxor, East Bank	p. 237
Luxor, West Bank: Royal Monuments	p. 257
Luxor, West Bank: Private Monuments	p. 293
Luxor to Aswan	p. 319
Aswan	p. 337
Beyond the Borders	p. 353
Practical Information (Nicholas Warner)
Travel in Egypt	p. 371
A Guide to Cities and Towns	p. 387
Capsule King List and History of Ancient Egypt	p. 401
Further Reading	p. 408
General Index	p. 411
Index of Localities	p. 415
List of Maps
The Delta	p. 98
Alexandria	p. 014
Central Cairo	p. 114
ÆOld CairoÆ: Roman and Christian Quarter (æBabylonÆ)	p. 120
Medieval Cairo, from North to South of the Old City Walls	p. 131
Cairene Monuments from the IbnTulun Mosque to the Citadel	p. 142-3
Monuments of CairoÆs Southern Cemetery	p. 145
Monuments of CairoÆs Northern Cemetery	p. 145
Pyramid Fields from Abu Rawash to the Faiyum	p. 189
The Faiyum	p. 191
Luxor, East Bank	p. 253
Luxor, West Bank	p. 257
Aswan Region	p. 337
Town of Aswan, Monuments	p. 338
The Sinai	p. 361
Oases of Kharga and Dakhla	p. 367
Bahriya Oasis	p. 368
Siwa Oasis	p. 367
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