The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt

The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
Author: Ian Shaw, Paul T. Nicholson
The American University in Cairo Press
2002
Pages: 328
Format: PDF
Quality: Good
Language: English
Size: 127 mb

This successful and highly-esteemed British Museum reference work is now republished in a new pocket-sized edition. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans and maps.