Ancient Egypt and the Nile

by Filer, Joyce

• ISBN13: 9781566568272
• ISBN10: 1566568277
• Edition: Map
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

With a large, colorful poster map of Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Author Biography

Joyce Filer is qualified teacher. She also worked for many years in the British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. She is the author of Pyramids and people in Ancient Egypt.

Table of Contents

Egypt, The Gift of the Nile	p. 4
The First Farmers	p. 6
A predynastic cemetery	p. 7
The Nile Provides	p. 10
The desert provides	p. 11
Ancient Nubia	p. 12
Pyramids at Meroe	p. 13
Upper Egypt	p. 14
Famous Temples	p. 15
Thebes: Tombs and Mummies	p. 17
Mummification	p. 18
Inside a tomb	p. 19
Middle Egypt	p. 20
New religion, new city	p. 20
The Fayum Oasis	p. 22
Lower Egypt	p. 24
The Giza Pyramids	p. 25
Cat temple	p. 27
Delta towns	p. 27
Egypt's Neighbours	p. 28
After Ancient Egypt	p. 30
Further Reading	p. 32
Map of Ancient Egypt	p. 32
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