Egypt and the Egyptians is an entirely up-to-date and comprehensive view of ancient Egyptian religion and culture. Unlike other books, it blends Egyptology, history, anthropology and sociology to give the reader an appreciation of the breadth of the ancient culture. The book is arranged topically, each chapter dealing with a specific aspect of the history, geology and culture. A glossary and extensive index make it easy for the reader to explore any specific aspect of Egyptian civilization.
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"Brewer and Teeter deserve thanks for supplying a need in producing a general text that is well written and readable. It will certainly be of interest to anyone desiring a basic introduction grounded in serious scholarship." Classical World
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Egypt and the Egyptians is an entirely up-to-date and comprehensive view of ancient Egyptian religion and culture. Unlike other books, it blends Egyptology, history, anthropology and sociology to give the reader an appreciation of the breadth of the ancient culture. The book is arranged topically, each chapter dealing with a specific aspect of the history, geology and culture. A glossary and extensive index makes it easy for the reader to explore any specific aspect of Egyptian civilization.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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great book for beginners of Ancient Egypt,
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This book, whose chapters are organized topically, presents important aspects of ancient Egypt. It covers the history, cities, government, geography, language, beliefs, art, architecture, tombs, religion, monotheism, gods, society, marriage, entertainment, dress, jewelry and the Nile river. The authors also discuss the ancient Egyptians' beliefs in life and their conception of death. Common archaeological and Egyptological terms are explained in the glossary. An excellent bibliography is included. A recommended well-written book, it is most useful for those who know little, if nothing, of this civilization and its people.
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Very informative; could have been proofread better.,
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I've enjoyed reading the local university's copy of this book. I did run into a couple of jarring typographical errors that a competent human proofreader/factchecker would have caught. The most disturbing of these was the statement that the headwaters of the Blue Nile are at "Lake Tanganyika, high in the Ethiopian plateau". The headwaters of the Blue Nile are at Lake Tana, high in the Ethiopian plateau. Lake Tanganyika is half a continent to the south. Big difference.Except for a couple of these weird typos, it's a very good book. I like Brewer's "Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins" better, though.
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Good and simple intro.,
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This book is a simple introduction for ancient egyptian hsitory.It is well organised and tells you just about everything that you need to wet your apetite of egyptian history.It is very general but well documented.
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Ancient Egyptian monuments have been admired through the ages by many peoples, including later Egyptians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sunk relief, private tombs, pharaonic period, pyramid complex, agricultural component, tomb scenes, settlement distribution, mortuary temple, valley temple, royal temples, phonetic values, annual inundation, settlement types, false door, royal tombs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Kingdom, Old Kingdom, Nile Valley, Middle Kingdom, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, New York, Near East, Third Intermediate Period, Medinet Habu, Valley of the Kings, Late Period, Predynastic Period, Rosetta Stone, University of Oklahoma Press, Central Quarter, First Intermediate Period, Great Pyramid, Late Egyptian, Ramesside Period, Second Intermediate Period, University of Chicago Press, Book of the Dead, North Suburb, Ptolemaic Period New!
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sunk relief, private tombs, pharaonic period, pyramid complex, agricultural component, tomb scenes, settlement distribution, mortuary temple, valley temple, royal temples, phonetic values, annual inundation, settlement types, false door, royal tombs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Kingdom, Old Kingdom, Nile Valley, Middle Kingdom, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, New York, Near East, Third Intermediate Period, Medinet Habu, Valley of the Kings, Late Period, Predynastic Period, Rosetta Stone, University of Oklahoma Press, Central Quarter, First Intermediate Period, Great Pyramid, Late Egyptian, Ramesside Period, Second Intermediate Period, University of Chicago Press, Book of the Dead, North Suburb, Ptolemaic Period New!
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- Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization by Barry J. Kemp on 5 pages
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- The Battle for Kemet: Critical Essays on Ancient Egypt on page 40, and Back Matter
- Ancient Records of Egypt: vol. 5: Supplementary Bibliographies and Indices by James Henry Breasted in Front Matter
- The History of Egypt (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) by Glenn Perry in Back Matter
- Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt by Lynn Meskell in Back Matter
- Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium by Elizabeth Peters in Back Matter
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