The Encyclopedia of Ancient EgyptIllustrated with more than 1,500 photographs and specially commissioned illustrations, this book is a celebration of the wonders of ancient Egypt, from the mask of Tutankhamun to the Valley of the Kings and the great pyramids of Giza, and from tomb hieroglyphs to golden treasures decorated with ankhs and scarabs. |
Contents
CHRONOLOGY | 9 |
Egypt before the Pharaohs | 17 |
CONTENTS | 22 |
The Thinite Period | 24 |
Khufu Builder of The Great Pyramid | 32 |
Herakleopolis Magna | 40 |
Fortresses in the South | 46 |
Man of Character | 52 |
The Tomb of Nakht | 284 |
The Temple of Luxor | 292 |
The Art of Akhenaten | 298 |
The Tombs of Horemheb | 304 |
The Monuments of Rameses II | 310 |
The Temples of Abu Simbel | 316 |
The Temple of Khons in Karnak | 324 |
The Fayum Portraits | 334 |
Second Intermediate Period | 58 |
Of Workmen and Tomb Robbers | 66 |
Akhenatens Religious Reforms | 74 |
Pharaoh Horemheb | 82 |
Sea Peoples | 88 |
The Persians in Egypt | 94 |
Osiris God of the Afterlife | 116 |
Seth and Nephthys | 124 |
Hathor Goddess of Love | 130 |
Bastet | 136 |
Foreign Gods on the Nile | 144 |
The Sacred Apis Bull | 152 |
Horus the Kings Protector | 158 |
The Opet Festival | 166 |
Life After Death | 174 |
Embalming the Body | 180 |
Food for the Afterlife | 186 |
The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony | 192 |
The Weighing of the Heart | 198 |
Art in Ancient Egypt | 204 |
Stelae Books of Stone | 214 |
Royal Statuary | 220 |
The Magic of Jewels | 231 |
Funerary Masks | 238 |
Thebes City of 100 Gates | 270 |
The Settlement of Deir elMedina | 278 |
EVERYDAY LIFE | 341 |
Marriage | 350 |
Town and City Life | 358 |
Divine and Worldly | 366 |
Clothes and Fashion | 374 |
Hygiene and Body Care | 382 |
Civil Servants | 388 |
Keeping and Breeding Animals | 396 |
Vines and Wine | 404 |
The Hunt | 412 |
Life in the Oases | 418 |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 427 |
Mathematics and Measurement | 436 |
Applied Physics | 442 |
Measuring Time | 449 |
Textile Production | 456 |
Weapons | 464 |
Reading Hieroglyphs | 472 |
The Egyptian Alphabet | 478 |
Coptic the Script of the Christians | 486 |
Making Papyrus | 494 |
Coffin Texts | 502 |
INDEX | 508 |
92 | 510 |
Copyright | |