Ancient Egypt : a very short introduction
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- ISBN: 0192854194
- ISBN: 9780192854193
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192 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : the story so far -- Discovering and inventing : constructing ancient Egypt -- History : building chronologies and writing histories -- Writing : the origins and implications of hieroglyphs -- Kingship : stereotyping and the "oriental despot" -- Identity : issues of ethnicity, race, and gender -- Death : mummification, dismemberment, and the cult of Osiris -- Religion : Egyptian gods and temples -- Egyptomania : the recycling and reinventing of Egypt's icons and images. |
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Subject: | Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C Egypt Antiquities Egyptology |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DT 61 .S53 2004 | 30775305463995 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Ancient Egypt: a Very Short Introduction
Ian Shaw studied Archaeology and Egyptology at Cambridge University from 1979 to 1983. He obtained his PhD (a study of the artefacts at el-Amarna) from Wolfson College, Cambridge University in 1987. From 1986 to 1990 he edited the ancient Egyptian section of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art. From 1990 to 1994, he undertook research into Egyptian quarrying and mining sites as a British Academy Research Fellow at New Hall, Cambridge. From 1995 to 2000 he was a Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is currently Lecturer in Classics and Oriental Studies at the University of Liverpool.