Egypt - Hardcover

Davies, W. Vivian; Friedman, Renee F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714119113 ISBN 13: 9780714119113

Publisher: British Museum Press, 1998

Synopsis

Published to accompany a five-part TV series, this text is the story of some of the major aspects of Ancient Egypt, rewritten in the light of the recent discoveries and with the benefit of unprecedented access to key archaeological sites in Egypt and the Sudan and the experts working there.

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Review:

This handsomely produced and illustrated history of ancient Egypt refutes the popular notion that there is little left of archaeological interest to be discovered in the region. In fact, it explains, there are new and important archaeological discoveries being made all the time, both in the field and, increasingly, in the laboratory. Such is the weight of new information that even professional Egyptologists are having difficulty keeping up, and some of the by-products of their research are proving to be of direct benefit to us today (for instance techniques developed to electronically scan mummified corpses have helped advance medical practice). Although aimed at the general reader--the book is the accompaniment to a television series--there is little evidence of any dumbing down. Vivian Davies, keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, and Renee Friedman, who has excavated in Egypt for over twenty years, present a vast range of detailed scientific and historical data. Focusing on some of the key archaeological sites along the Nile, it is hugely to their credit that the book remains both accessible and relevant, with their text richly accompanied by some wonderfully striking photographs and inventive use of computer graphics. --Nick Wroe

About this edition

• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0714119113
• ISBN 13: 9780714119113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224