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A history of ancient Egypt

From the Great Pyramid to the fall of the Middle Kingdom

By John Romer

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Publish Date

2017

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press

Language

eng

Pages

512

Description:

Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Extensive research over many decades of work reveals how the grand narratives of 19th and 20th century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects, and writing: a history based on physical reality.