Language: English
Published by Routledge, London, UK and New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 0415185890 ISBN 13: 9780415185899
Seller: Egyptology Titles, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce. Glossy black boards with white lettering on the cover and along the spine. This handy and exceptional book is 968 pages in length, with 129 black-and-white text figures, and useful site maps. Our copy is unread and in brand new condition. The boards have the ever so slightest shelf wear. Photographs are available. "The Encyclopedia opens with a general map of the region and a chronology of periods and dynasties, providing a context for the entries. The first section of the volume then comprises 14 overviews which explore the history and significance of each period.The main body of the text offers more than 300 alphabetically organized entries, written by some of the most eminent scholars in this field. Areas covered include: artefacts - glass, jewellery, sculpture archaeological practices - dating techniques, representational evidence, textual sources biographies - Howard Carter, Gertrude Caton Thompson, Gaston Maspero buildings - cult temples, private tombs, pyramid complexes geographical features - agriculture, climate, irrigationsites - Abydos, Dakhla Oasis, Thebes social organization - kingship, law, taxationThe text is extensively illustrated with over 120 images. Each entry is followed by a selected further reading section which includes foreign language sources to supplement the available works in English".
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Condition: New.
Condition: New.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Univ. of Toronto, 2007. [Xerox reprint, Ann Arbor]. 501 pp. Privately bound by previous owner.Authorized UMI Dissertation Service reprint of the original dissertation of the University of Toronto, 2007.