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In Praise of Books, a Cultural History of Cairo’s Middle-Class 16-18th Centuries is another one of Nelly Hanna's publications. This book sets itself apart due to its focus on middle-class Egyptian culture. Most historical Egyptian publications focus on the elites of society.
Ancient Evenings is a 1983 historical novel by American author Norman Mailer.Set in ancient Egypt and dealing with the lives of the characters Menenhetet One and Meni, the novel received mixed reviews.
This category is for articles on history books with Egypt as a topic. Pages in category "History books about Egypt" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The text is a color-coded guide to individual Ancient Egyptian objects or writings, and their modern translations. The book is by Janice Kamrin, c. 2004; she received a Ph.D. in Egyptian archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania, has worked with Zahi Hawass, and has taught at the American University in Cairo. [1]
As of 2004, he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology. Jacq has a doctorate in Egyptian Studies from the Sorbonne . He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute , which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Other documents useful for investigating Egyptian history are ancient lists of kings found in terse chronicles, such as the Fifth dynasty Palermo stone. [173] These documents legitimated the contemporary pharaoh's claim to sovereignty. [174] Throughout ancient Egyptian history, royal decrees recounted the deeds of ruling pharaohs. [175]
Map of northern Egypt showing the location of the Tura quarries, Giza, and the find-spot of the Diary of Merer The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf ) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector ( sḥḏ , sehedj ).
The Story of the Amulet profits greatly from Nesbit's deep research into ancient civilisations in general and that of ancient Egypt in particular. The book is dedicated to Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, the translator of the Egyptian Book of the Dead and Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities of the British Museum, with whom she met to discuss the history of the ancient Near East while writing ...