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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (2000)

di Ian Shaw (A cura di)

Altri autori: Kathryn A. Bard (Collaboratore), Janine Bourriau (Collaboratore), Betsy M. Bryan (Collaboratore), Gae Callender (Collaboratore), Stan Hendrickx (Collaboratore)8 altro, Alan B. Lloyd (Collaboratore), Jaromir Malek (Collaboratore), Béatrix Midant-Reynes (Collaboratore), David Peacock (Collaboratore), Stephan Seidlmayer (Collaboratore), John H. Taylor (Collaboratore), Jacobus van Dijk (Collaboratore), Pierre Vermeersch (Collaboratore)

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt, from c. 700,000 BC to AD 311. Following the story from the Egyptians' prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans, this book resurrects a fascinating society replete with remarkable historical information. It investigates such subjects as the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of art, architecture, and literature in the ancient world. The authors--an international team of experts working at the cutting edge of their particular fields--outline the principal sequence of political events, including detailed examinations of the three so-called 'intermediate periods' which were previously regarded as 'dark ages' and are only now beginning to be better understood. They also examine cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature. Addressing the issues surrounding this distinctive culture, vividly relating the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, exploring colourful personalities, and uncovering surprising facts.--… (altro)
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As we are used to in the Oxford History series, this compilation offers a good overview of ancient Egyptian history, always by specialists and therefore scientifically sound. Only, in practice it is actually more of a chronicle, focused on political and administrative aspects and to a lesser extent on artistic achievements. Economy, social relations, the broad culture and especially religion are touched upon very unequally and in any case to a lesser extent. On top of that, it contains hardly any illustrations, at least in my Kindle edition (strangely, the series is called "The Illustrated History"), only some sketchy maps and no charts at all. This book is now also more than 20 years old, so it is no longer completely up-to-date. On the positive side, it is well edited. A view on the more interesting things I learned in my historical account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5292647516. ( )
  bookomaniac | Feb 27, 2023 |
Traducción de The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, publicado por Oxford University Press.
10ª Edición.
  Accitanus | Feb 20, 2023 |
A survey of Egyptian history from prehistory until the supremacy of Christianity in the middle 300s.

A lot of archaeological detail is given for the discoveries of prehistory and for the Second Intermediate Period in the north. Otherwise the narrative focuses primarily on what is known from funerary and temple monuments, a bit from Manetho, and whatever may exist from parallel records from other lands.

To this end a lot of the story is about kings and the things they built. It's a bit disappointing that more was not made of the Deir el-Medina community and what could be known about the life of the artisan class based on these resources. One chapter focuses on the relationships with other nations. But it's mostly rulers and what large-scale developments can be perceived through material remains.

This is a very accessible introduction to the history of ancient Egypt. ( )
  deusvitae | Feb 18, 2021 |
A good resource, and well-written in its way. While I wouldn't call it an "encyclopedia," as many here have, it is almost overloaded with facts and factoids to the point that it is difficult to digest the whole thing if you try to read it straight through (which I did in preparation for a trip to Egypt). Some of the writing is dry and academic, especially in the first few chapters: okay, we don't know many things for sure, but the authors of those early chapters (and some later ones too) seem more concerned with being called out by colleagues for not ultra-qualifying every single statement than they are with making sense to a lay person and just giving us something to go on. Yet, I got a lot out of it and plan to keep it as a reference. The edition I read dates from the year 2000 or so, and I wonder if there haven't been DNA studies that tell us more about how the many bodies found in the royal tombs were truly related to each other and who some of the general populace were- did the first Egyptians to put down permanent roots come from the East, West, or South, or were thy there all along? And who were the Hyksos? ( )
  belgrade18 | Oct 21, 2019 |
Really packed with facts. A must-read for the Ancient Egypt fan ( )
  sereq_ieh_dashret | Jan 4, 2013 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Shaw, IanA cura diautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Bard, Kathryn A.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Bourriau, JanineCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Bryan, Betsy M.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Callender, GaeCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Hendrickx, StanCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Lloyd, Alan B.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Malek, JaromirCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Midant-Reynes, BéatrixCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Peacock, DavidCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Seidlmayer, StephanCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Taylor, John H.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
van Dijk, JacobusCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Vermeersch, PierreCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt, from c. 700,000 BC to AD 311. Following the story from the Egyptians' prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans, this book resurrects a fascinating society replete with remarkable historical information. It investigates such subjects as the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of art, architecture, and literature in the ancient world. The authors--an international team of experts working at the cutting edge of their particular fields--outline the principal sequence of political events, including detailed examinations of the three so-called 'intermediate periods' which were previously regarded as 'dark ages' and are only now beginning to be better understood. They also examine cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature. Addressing the issues surrounding this distinctive culture, vividly relating the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, exploring colourful personalities, and uncovering surprising facts.--

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