A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs, Derived Entirely from the Monuments: Volume 1
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A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs, Derived Entirely from the Monuments: Volume 1 by Heinrich Karl Brugsch
The most lasting achievement of the German Egyptologist Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827 94) is perhaps his work on the Egyptian demotic script, which had been relatively neglected since Champollion's death. This illustrated two-volume history of Egypt, 'derived entirely from the monuments', was first published in an English translation (by H. D. Seymour, from the 1876 first German edition, and edited by Philip Smith) in 1879. Brugsch brings to bear his wide experience of the archaeological sites together with his linguistic expertise, and deliberately eschews later Greek and Roman accounts of Egypt. Volume 1 gives a detailed survey of the physical environment of Egypt before considering the pre-dynastic period, and the emergence of Menes, the first known pharaoh. He then takes the narrative through the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and the intermediate period, to the emergence of the New Kingdom and the flowering and end of the Eighteenth Dynasty.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108084727 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108084729 |
| Title | A History of Egypt under the Pharaohs, Derived Entirely from the Monuments: Volume 1 |
| Author | Heinrich Karl Brugsch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2015-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 542 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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