VOLUME I
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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Preface
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Maps
PART I The Land of Egypt
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1 The Physical Context of Ancient Egypt 3
Sarah Parcak
PART II Historical Narratives 23
E. Christiana Koehler
3 The Early Dynastic Period 48
Toby Wilkinson
Michel Baud
5 The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom 81
Harco Willems
6 The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom 101
Ludwig D. Morenz and Lutz Popko
Christopher Naunton
8 Saltes and Persians (664-332) Olivier Perdu
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9 The Ptolemaic Period Katelijn Vandorpe
10 The Roman Period Livia Capponi
PART III State and Economic Structures 199
11 The Pharaoh and Pharaonic Office 201
Ellen F. Morris
12 Administration and Law: Pharaonic 218
Ben Haring
13 Administration and Law: Graeco-Roman 237
Jane Rowlandson
14 Priests and Temples: Pharaonic 255
Neal Spencer
15 Egyptian Temples and Priests: Graeco-Roman 274
Willy Clarysse
Christopher Eyre
17 The Economy: Graeco-Roman 309
Dennis Kehoe
18 Settlements - Distribution, Structure, Architecture:
Gregory D. Mumford
19 Settlements - Distribution, Structure, Architecture:
Paola Davoli
20 Transport in Ancient Egypt 370
Robert B. Partridge
21 Science and Technology: Pharaonic 390
Corinna Rossi
22 Science and Technology: Alexandrian 409
T. E. Rihll
23 Military Institutions and Warfare: Pharaonic 425
Anthony J. Spalinger
24 Military Institutions and Warfare: Graeco-Roman 446
Nigel Pollard
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PART IV The Social Order |
467 | |
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Social Structure and Daily Life: Pharaonic Elizabeth Frood |
469 |
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Social Structure and Daily Life: Graeco-Roman Eugene Cruz-Uribe |
491 |
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Religion in Society: Pharaonic Kasia Szpakowska |
507 |
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Religion in Society: Graeco-Roman David Frankfurter |
526 |
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Bibliography |
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List of Illustrations |
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List of Abbreviations |
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PART V Language and Literature |
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Language, Scripts, and Literacy James P. Allen |
641 |
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Middle Kingdom Literature Roland Enmarch |
663 |
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New Kingdom Literature Gerald Moers |
685 |
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Late Period Literature Kim Ryholt |
709 |
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Coptic and Coptic Literature Leo Depuydt |
732 |
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Greek Literature in Egypt A. D. Morrison |
755 |
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PART VI The Visual Arts |
779 | |
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Temple Architecture and Decorative Systems Penelope Wilson |
781 |
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Mortuary Architecture and Decorative Systems Aidan Dodson |
804 |
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Early Dynastic Art and Iconography |
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Stan Hendrickx and Frank Forster
38 Old Kingdom Sculpture Hourig Sourouzian
39 Sculpture of the Middle Kingdom Rita E. Freed
40 New Kingdom Sculpture Betsy M. Bryan
41 Late Period Sculpture Edna R. Russmann
42 Ptolemaic and Romano-Egyptian Sculpture Sally-Ann Ashton
43 Pharaonic Painting through the New Kingdom Betsy M. Bryan
44 Mosaics and Painting in Graeco-Roman Egypt Helen Whitehouse
45 Egyptian Art of Late Antiquity Thelma K. Thomas
PART VII The Reception of Egyptian Culture
46 The Reception of Pharaonic Egypt in Classical Antiquity Alan B. Lloyd
47 The Reception of Egypt in Europe Andrew Bednarski
48 The Reception of Pharaonic Egypt in Islamic Egypt Michael Cooperson
49 Ancient Egypt in the Museum: Concepts and Constructions
Christina Riggs
Bibliography
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