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cover next page > Cover title: Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilization 2Nd Ed. author: Kemp, Barry J. publisher: Taylor & Francis Routledge isbn10 | asin: 0415235502 print isbn13: 9780415235501 ebook isbn13: 9780203468821 language: English subject Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C. publication date: 2006 lcc: DT61.K44 2006eb ddc: 932 subject: Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C. cover next page > < previous page page_i next page > Page i Ancient Egypt This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Ancient Egypt seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics, ranging across material culture, the mindset of its people, and social and economic factors. It identifies the ideas by which the Egyptians organized their experience of the world and explains how they maintained a uniform style in their art and architecture across three thousand years, whilst accommodating substantial changes in outlook. The underlying aim is to relate ancient Egypt to the broader mainstream of our understanding of how all human societies function. This comprehensive survey of Egyptian society and history transforms our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Ancient written documents often provide the essential information and these are used where necessary. However, the book highlights the contribution that archaeology makes, seeking an integration of sources. It uses numerous case studies, illustrating them with artwork expressly prepared for the book from specialist sources. This revised edition adds new chapters on who, in ethnic terms, the ancient Egyptians were, and on the final ten centuries of ancient Egyptian civilization. Barry Kemp’s book is an indispensable text for all students of ancient Egypt and for the general reader. Barry Kemp is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. He is the Field Director of the Egypt Exploration Society’s excavations at El-Amarna. < previous page page_i next page > < previous page page_ii next page > Page ii This page intentionally left blank. < previous page page_ii next page > < previous page page_iii next page > Page iii Ancient Egypt ANATOMY OF A CIVILIZATION Second edition Barry J.Kemp LONDON AND NEW YORK < previous page page_iii next page > < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv First published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2006 Barry J.Kemp All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Kemp, Barry J. Ancient Egypt: anatomy of a civilization/Barry J.Kemp.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Egypt—Civilization—to 332 BC I Title DT61.K44 2005 932—dc22 2005007843 ISBN 0-203-46882-1 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 10: 0-415-23549-9 (hbk) ISBN 10: 0-415-23550-2 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-415-23549-5 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-415-23550-1 (pbk) < previous page page_iv next page > < previous page page_v next page > Page v Contents Acknowledgements vii List of abbreviations ix Introduction 1 Part I Establishing identity 17 1 Who were the ancient Egyptians? 19 2 The intellectual foundations of the early state 60 3 The dynamics of culture 111 Part II The provider state 161 4 The bureaucratic mind 163 5 Model communities 193 Part III Intimations of our future 245 6 New Kingdom Egypt:the mature state 247 7 The birth of economic man 302 8 Moving on 336 Epilogue 387 Notes 389 Index 423 < previous page page_v next page > < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi This page intentionally left blank. < previous page page_vi next page > < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii Acknowledgements I am indebted to the editorial staff at Routledge for urging on me a revised edition, and for patience in waiting for me to complete it long after I should have. Jerry Rose has saved me from several errors and inappropriate expressions in Chapter 1. For illustrations thanks are due to the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Philipp von Zabern: Plate 4; The Egypt Exploration Society: Plate 10. The drawings for Figures 2, 20, 59 and 96 were made by B.Garfi. < previous page page_vii next page > < previous page page_viii next page > Page viii This page intentionally left blank. < previous page page_viii next page >

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Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilization 2Nd Ed. author: Kemp, Barry J. publisher: Taylor & Francis Routledge isbn10 | asin: 0415235502 print isbn13
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