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Genesis of the Pharaohs Toby Wilkinson

Genesis of the Pharaohs By Toby Wilkinson

Genesis of the Pharaohs by Toby Wilkinson


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Summary

Traces the discovery of ancient Egyptian rock carvings in the heart of the Eastern Desert, between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, that appear to hold the key to the origins of later pharaonic imagery. Hidden for 6000 years, this historic legacy yields images of distant ancestors of the pharaohs.

Genesis of the Pharaohs Summary

Genesis of the Pharaohs by Toby Wilkinson

Generations of scholars, tourists and armchair travellers have been intrigued by the puzzle of ancient Egypt's origins. Now, in the light of Toby Wilkinson's dramatic new discoveries, the genesis of the pharaohs is at last coming into focus. But the picture that emerges is not what we imagined. The ancestors of the pyramid-builders were not village-dwelling farmers, but wandering cattle-herders, and pharaonic civilization was forged in one of the most forbidding places on Earth: the Eastern Desert, between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea. Here, the pharaohs' distant ancestors left a stunning legacy that has remained hidden for 6,000 years: hundreds of intricate rock carvings in which the origins of later pharaonic imagery is clearly discernible. Toby Wilkinson traces the discovery of these ancient records, dates them, and identifies the artists who made them, basing his own discoveries in the heart of the Eastern Desert.

About Toby Wilkinson

Toby Wilkinson took a First Class degree in Egyptology from Cambridge University and is now a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He lectures widely on ancient Egypt and led the expedition to Egypt's Eastern Desert that gave rise to the discoveries in this book. His other publications include Early Dynastic Egypt.

Table of Contents

1. The Desert Speaks: Making the Discoveries - 2. The Sands of Time: Dating the Rock Art - 3. Hunters and Herders: Unmasking the Artists - 4. Before the Pharaohs: Life in Predynastic Eygpt - 5. Ships of the Desert: The Birth of the Egyptian Religion - 6. Cradle of Civilization: Re-thinking Ancient Egyptian Origins

Additional information

GOR001477561
9780500051221
0500051224
Genesis of the Pharaohs by Toby Wilkinson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2003-04-07
208
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