Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilization

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Works abbreviated by title -- Institutional and publisher abbreviations -- Works abbreviated by author and title -- Introduction -- Seen through the lens of culture -- Seen through the le...

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Main Author: Kemp, Barry J. (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Milton : Routledge , 2018
Edition:3rd ed
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Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilization
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520 |a Pyramid towns in the Old Kingdom -- Planning at its height: the Middle Kingdom town of Kahun -- Urban renewal and colonization -- The Nubian forts -- The Second Cataract forts -- The prescriptive society -- Notes -- Part III Intimations of our futures -- 6 New Kingdom Egypt: the mature state -- Temples and their staffs -- Monarchy and the cult of Amun -- Thebes: the ceremonial city -- The Theban city of the dead -- Amenhetep III's Sed-festivals -- Secular powers -- The multicultural court -- Army and temple -- The information society and the illusions of pageantry -- Notes -- 7 The birth of economic man -- The state sector: its power and its failings -- The power of private demand -- Economics without money -- Notes -- 8 Egypt in microcosm: the city of Amarna -- The founder: Akhenaten, 'the heretic king' -- The foundation: Akhetaten, 'Horizon of the Aten' -- The arena of royal display -- Imagining the city at work -- Where the people lived -- Imagined worlds at Amarna -- The quality of life and where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Index. 
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