When Egypt Ruled the East
Revised
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When Egypt Ruled the East
Revised
Here, adequately presented for the first time in English, is the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago in the empire on the Nile: kings and conquests, gods and heroes, beautiful art, sculpture, poetry, architecture.
Significant archeological discoveries are constantly being made in Egypt. In this revision Professor Steele has rewritten whole chapters on the basis of these new finds and offers several new conclusions to age-old problems.
Significant archeological discoveries are constantly being made in Egypt. In this revision Professor Steele has rewritten whole chapters on the basis of these new finds and offers several new conclusions to age-old problems.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
I. How the Lost Key to Ancient Egypt Was Found Again
II. The Old and Middle Kingdoms
III. The Hyksos
IV. The War of Liberation
V. The Rise of the Golden Age
VI. Western Asia in the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.
VII. The Conquests of Thutmose III
VIII. The Golden Age: The Successors of Thutmose III
IX. The King and the Administration in the Golden Age
X. The Outside World
XI. The Egyptian Hieroglyphs
XII. The Egyptian Religion
XIII. The Art of the Egyptians
IX. Amenhotep IV-Akhnaton and the Reformation
XV. Tutankhamun and the Close of the Eighteenth Dynasty
XVI. The Age of the Ramessids
XVII. The Decline and Loss of Egyptian Independence
Outline of Egyptian History
Index of Divinities, Persons, and Peoples
Index of Places
General Index
I. How the Lost Key to Ancient Egypt Was Found Again
II. The Old and Middle Kingdoms
III. The Hyksos
IV. The War of Liberation
V. The Rise of the Golden Age
VI. Western Asia in the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.
VII. The Conquests of Thutmose III
VIII. The Golden Age: The Successors of Thutmose III
IX. The King and the Administration in the Golden Age
X. The Outside World
XI. The Egyptian Hieroglyphs
XII. The Egyptian Religion
XIII. The Art of the Egyptians
IX. Amenhotep IV-Akhnaton and the Reformation
XV. Tutankhamun and the Close of the Eighteenth Dynasty
XVI. The Age of the Ramessids
XVII. The Decline and Loss of Egyptian Independence
Outline of Egyptian History
Index of Divinities, Persons, and Peoples
Index of Places
General Index