The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt

Posted on 19 October 2017 by Ian Shaw

Blending vividly written essays and over a hundred attractive illustrations including 32 color plates The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is a stunningly designed and authoritative account of the once glorious civilization on the Nile Ranging from 700,000 BC to 311 AD, this volume portrays the emergence and development of Egypt from its prehistoric roots to its conquest by the Roman Empire The contributors all leading scholars working at the cutting edge of Egyptology incorporate the latest findings in archaeological research as they chart the principal political events of Egyptian history, from the rise of the Pharaohs and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, to the ascension of the Ptolemies and the coming of Roman legions The book also includes the first detailed examinations of three periods which were previously regarded as dark ages Against the backdrop of the birth and death of ruling dynasties, the writers also examine cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature, monumental architecture, funerary beliefs, and much The contributors illuminate the underlying patterns of social and political change and describe the changing face of ancient Egypt, from the biographical details of individuals to the social and economic factors that shaped the lives of the people as a whole The only up to date, single volume history of ancient Egypt available in English, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is a must read for everyone interested in one of the great civilizations of antiquity. Free Read The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Great survey volume for those who already have a grip on historical and archaeological practices and terminology Not a volume for those with no prior interest or study of history outside of high school If a reader is just beginning to wonder about ancient Egyptian history, they should hold off reading this and pick up a few of the basic historical atlases first to acclimate and educate themselves on some of the ways we ve deduced the knowledge collected in this book Diving right into this boo Great survey volume for those who already have a grip on historical and archaeological practices and terminology Not a volume for those with no prior interest or study of history outside of high school If a reader is just beginning to wonder about ancient Egyptian history, they should hold off reading this and pick up a few of the basic historical atlases fir...The Oxford University Press, as many of you scholars already know, is famed for producing inimitable compendiums and texts that anyone interested in history or literature simply must own And the have done it again with The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt While the book is pretty small for encompassing an entire civilization of ...The unintentionally humorous reviews on the back say it all full of facts, raved one critic, while another proclaimed, if you only want to read one book about Ancient Egypt, make it this one I found both statements to be accurate.In large part a very dr...Serious history book, works great as a reference A hard slog if you read it cover to cover and you are relatively new to digging around Ancient Egypt As expected, the chapters that deal withrecent times wereinteresting, particularly ...As dry as the mummies described, but covering something like 10,000 years of history is going to lean that way.The Oxford History of Ancient EgyptIan Shaw Credited Read it in paper back at a very long 554 pages.OTC Historic Side Pots first read, and what a challenging beginning to this whole shenanigans A lot of us have a pretty big interest in history even though we all like different time periods , so we decided on four books this year to start delving into Ancient History The Mediterranean has the most easily identifiable and well documented history, thus we started with Egypt Ian Shaw is credite The Oxford History of Ancient EgyptIan Shaw Credited Read it in paper back at a very long 554 pages.OTC Historic Side Pots first read, and what a challenging beginning to this whole shenanigans A lot of us have a pretty big interest in history even though we all like different time periods , so we decided on four books this year to start delving into Ancient History The Mediterranean has the most easily identifiable and well documented history, thus we started with Egypt Ian Shaw is credited with writing this, but it covers a very large amount of history, broken into sections, and widely written by a host of people including Stan Hendrix, Pierre Vermeersch, Bea...Preface Read this surgically during an Ancient Egypt course at University.Complete with maps and other relevant images, Shaw s History of Ancient Egypt combines history with anthropology Well researched with an extensive Further Reading section, this is a must have for anyone interested in a specific period of Egypt s history or just a general background of what happened between the Palaeolithic and the Roman Period Pros Extensive Something for everyone, the casual reader and the resear Preface Read this surgically during an Ancient Egypt course at University.Complete with maps and other relevant images, Shaw s History of Ancient Egypt combines history with anthropology Well researched with an extensive Further Reading section, this is a must have for an...This is a really excellent collaborative history of Ancient Egypt though dense and detailed enough that it s probably only for the serious Egyptophile or the aspiring student It runs from the Palaeolithic era right through to the post Ptolemaic period, which is an enormous time frame, but Shaw and the other contributors do a good job of addressing all the main developments and key events the only real disappointment is the chapter on the Amarna period, which fails to be as comprehensive as the This is a really excellent collaborative history of Ancient Egypt though dense and detailed enough that it s probably only for the serious Egyptophile or the aspiring student It runs from the Palaeolithic era right through to the post Ptolemaic period, which is an enormous time frame, but Shaw and the other contributors do a good job of addressing all the main developments and key events the only real disappointment is the chapter on the Amarna peri...Chock full of information, not easy reading Very dry and achaeological Many long lists of kings And pottery, lots of pottery I certainly know farabout ancient Egypt than ever before, that s for sure.Obviously Written by an aerchaeologist I can say I learnt absolutely nothing about Ancient Egypt, One would think that the only people of any importance was the Pharoeh and the only things of interest were their burials Awful

English
19 October 2017

Ian Shaw