When Egypt ruled the East

Steindorff, Georg 1861-1951 (Author). Seele, Keith C. (Keith Cedric), 1898-1971 (Added Author).

Summary: Presents a history of the ancient Egyptian culture, discussing the significant archaeological discoveries that helped reveal this great empire.

Record details

ISBN: 0226771997
ISBN: 9780226771991
Physical Description: print
xvi, 288 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles ; 21 cm
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1957.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

How the lost key to ancient Egypt was found again -- The old and middle kingdoms -- the Hyksos -- The war of liberation -- The rise of the Golden Age -- Western Asia in the middle of the second millennium B.C. -- The conquests of Thutmose III -- The Golden Age: the successors of Thutmose III -- The king and the administration in the Golden Age -- The outside world -- The Egyptian Hieroglyphs -- The Egyptian religion -- The art of the Egyptians -- Amenhotep IV -Akhnaton and the reformation -- Tutankhamun and the close of the eighteenth dynasty -- The age fo the Ramessids -- The decline and loss of Egyptian independence -- Outline of Egyptian history -- Index of divinities, persons, and peoples -- Index of places.