| Description |
1 online resource (1227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Paleolithic cultures -- Epi-paleolithic cultures -- Neolithic cultures -- Predynastic period -- Early Dynastic period -- Old kingdom -- First intermediate period -- Middle kingdom -- Second intermediate period -- New kingdom -- Third intermediate period -- Late and Ptolemaic periods -- Roman period |
| Summary |
The Encyclopedia opens with a general map of the region and a chronology of periods and dynasties, providing a context for the entries. The first section of the volume then comprises 14 overviews which explore the history and significance of each period.The main body of the text offers more than 300 alphabetically organized entries, written by some of the most eminent scholars in this field. Areas covered include:artefacts - glass, jewellery, sculpturearchaeological practices - dating techniques, representational evidence, textual sourcesbiographies - Howard Carter, G |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Egypt
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Antiquities
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Archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Antiquities -- Encyclopedias
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bard, Kathryn A
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Shubert, Steven Blake, 1953-
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| LC no. |
98016350 |
| ISBN |
0203982835 |
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9780203982839 |
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