Egypt, Civilization 

Ever since Herodotus, the father of history?, described the wonders of Egypt as numbering more than those of any other land, the ancient Egyptians have been held in awe by the rest of the world. Their monuments are of such staggering scale, power and beauty? the Valley of the Kings, the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the Pyramids? that their very existence dumbfounds us; their society so sophisticated that it defies belief. Tracing the history of the land of the Pharaohs from the Old Kingdom, through the Ramesside period to eventual surrender to Persian Rule in 525 BC, Sir Alan Gardiner's account of this advanced culture is both erudite and engaging. 

Genre/Form: History
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alan H Gardiner
OCLC Number: 44451386
Notes: Maps on lining papers.
"The Egyptians was first published in 1961 by the Clarendon Press under the title Egypt of the Pharaohs: an introduction. The text of this edition is that of the first edition with minor emendations."--Title page verso.
Description: xxiv, 479 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents: Book I: Preliminary. Egyptology Ancient and Modern --
The Egyptian Language and Writing --
The Land, Its Neighbours, and Resources --
The Foundations and Nature of Egyptian Histroy --
Excursus: Regnal Years and Method of Dating --
Book II: From the Pyramid-Builders to Alexander. The Old Kingdom --
The Rise and Fall of the Middle Kingdom --
From Collapse to Recovery --
The Theban Supremacy --
The Religious Revolution and After --
The Ramesside Period I: The Nineteenth Dynasty --
The Ramesside Period II: The Twentieth Dynasty --
Egypt Under Foreign Rule --
The Last of Assertions of Independence --
Book III: Back to the Beginning. Prehistory --
Manetho's First Two Dynasties --
Epilogue.
Other Titles: Egypt of the Pharaohs
Responsibility: Sir Alan Gardiner.