The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt

by T.G.H. James

Overview

The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt provides a lively and accessible introduction to ancient Egyptian life for general readers and students. The nearly independent chapters provide a comprehensive survey of ancient Egypt and its rich and well-documented culture. In addition to individual chapter bibliographies there is a general bibliography, an annotated list of important museum collections, a king list with a selected set of illustrated royal cartouches, and a general index.

Highlights include:

• Lively overviews distilled from the latest discoveries and research
• Maps, plans, reconstruction drawings, chronologies, site lists and recommendations for further reading
• Hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations

T.G.H. James is a former Keeper of the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan in the British Museum and is the author of several books on Egypt and Egyptology, including Pharoah's People: Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt; Howard Carter; Tutankhamun; and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472031375
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	09/30/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

T.G.H. James is a former Keeper of the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan in the British Museum and is the author of several books on Egypt and Egyptology, including Pharoah's People: Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt; Howard Carter; Tutankhamun; and others.