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Monday, January 21, 2008

In Paperback: K. BARD, An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt



Preface
List of illustrations
List of boxed features
1. Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology
2. Hieroglyphs, Language, and Pharaonic Chronology
3. The Environmental Background to Pharaonic Civilization: Geography, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
4. Egyptian Prehistory: Paleolithic and Neolithic
5. The Rise of Complex Society and Early Civilization
6. Pyramids and Power: the Old Kingdom and State Fragmentation of the First Intermediate Period
7. The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
8. The New Kingdom
9. The Third Intermediate Period and Late Period
10. The Greco-Roman Period
11. The Study of Ancient Egypt
Glossary of Terms
Abbreviations of References Listed in Suggested Readings
Suggested Readings
Additional Readings in French, German and Italian
Chapter Summaries and Discussion Questions
Index

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source Egyptology News , worldcat