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Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt

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Toby Wilkinson, a well-respected young British Egyptologist, has gathered together all known published information about the Palermo Stone and 6 other associated fragments and added a little of his own. The resulting text is spread thinly over some 300 pages including 12 line-drawings.

I was disappointed that such an expensive volume did not even have any photographs of the objects being described. At £20 this book would be reasonable value but at £150 it is an unnecessary extravagance. I'm glad that I borrowed a copy from the British Library rather than buying it.

In contrast, Toby Wilkinson's "Early Dynastic Egypt" is a valuable and not outrageously priced work that should be on the shelves of every Egyptologist with interests in that period.

This is the book that many Egyptologists and people interested in the early history of Ancient Egypt have been waiting for!
Wilkinson has collected all known fragments of the so-called "Annalenstein", from the well-known Palermo Stone to the smallest fragment. Despite their many lacunes, these fragments provide historians with a wealth of information about the early kings of Ancient Egypt. The fragments are divided into cells, each of which representing a year in the calendar and listing some important event, such as the death of a king or an important ritual.
Now that all pieces have been brought together, Egyptologists finally have a complete overview of the remains of this important historical document.