The Civilization of Ancient Egypt - Hardcover

Johnson, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060194340 ISBN 13: 9780060194345

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1900

Synopsis

Hardcover. Pub Date: 1999 Pages: 255 Publisher: Harper A Leading Historian and bestselling author re-creates the Growth Decline and legacy of 3.000 Years of Egyptian Civilization with an authoritative text Splendidly illustrated with 150 illustrations in full color. Ancient Egypt. with its legacy of pyramids. pharaohs and sphinxes. is a land of power and mystery to the modern world. In The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Paul Johnson explores the growth and decline of a culture that survived for 3.000 years and maintained a purity of style that rivals all others. Johnson's study looks in detail at the state. religion. culture and geographical setting and how they combined in this unusually enduring civilization. From the beginning of Egyptian culture to the rediscovery of the pharaohs. the book covers the totalitarian theocra-cy. the empire of the Nile. the structure of dynast...

About this title

Book Description:

The definitive study of an iconic ancient civilization.

About the Author:

Paul Johnson was born in 1928. He edited the New Statesman in the 1960s and has written over forty books. His Modern Times, a history of the world from the 1920s to the 1990s, has been translated into more than fifteen languages. As well as a weekly column in the Spectator, he contributes to newspapers all over the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1900
• ISBN 10: 0060194340
• ISBN 13: 9780060194345
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255