A Companion to Ancient Egypt: Two Volume Set

by Editor: Alan B. Lloyd (Swansea University, UK )

• ISBN13: 9781444320060
• ISBN10: 1444320068
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Ancient Authors: Abbreviations and Glossary

Reference Works: Abbreviations

Chronology

Maps

The Land of Egypt

The Physical Context of Ancient Egypt

Historical Narratives

Prehistory

The Early Dynastic Period

The Old Kingdom

The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom

The Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom

Libyans and Nubians

Saites and Persians

The Ptolemaic Period

The Roman Period

State and Economic Structures

The Pharaoh and Pharaonic Office

Administration and Law: Pharaonic Egypt

Administration and Law: Graeco-Roman Period

Priest and Temples Pharaonic

Egyptian Temples and Priests: Graeco-Roman Period

The Economy: Pharaonic Egypt

The Economy: Graeco-Roman Period

Settlements-Distribution, Structure, Architecture: Pharaonic

Settlements-Distribution, Structure, Architecture: Graeco-Roman

Transport

Science and Technology: Pharaonic

Science and Technology: Alexandrian

Military Institutions and Warfare: Pharaonic

Military Institutions and Warfare: Graeco-Roman Period

The Social Order

Social Structure and Daily Life: Pharaonic

Social Structure and Daily Life: Graeco-Roman

Religion in Society: Pharaonic

Religion in Society: Graeco-Roman

Language and Literature

Language, Scripts and Literacy

Middle Kingdom Literature

New Kingdom

Late Period Literature

Coptic Literature

Greek Literature in Egypt

The Visual Arts

Temple Architecture and Decorative Systems

Mortuary Architecture and Decorative Systems

Early Dynastic Art

Sculpture: Old Kingdom

Sculpture: Middle Kingdom

Sculpture: New Kingdom

Sculpture: Late Period

Sculpture: Ptolemaic and Roman-Egyptian

Pharaonic Painting: A Survey of Elite Tombs through the New Kingdom

Painting and Mosaics: Graeco-Roman

Egyptian Art of Late Antiquity

The Reception of Egyptian Culture

The Reception of Egypt in Classical Antiquity

The Reception of Egypt in Europe

The Reception of Pharaonic Egypt in Islamic Egypt

Ancient Egypt in the Museum: Concepts and Constructions

Bibliography

Index

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