Ancient Egypt : anatomy of a civilization / Barry J. Kemp
Imprint
London : Routledge, 2018
Edition
Third edition
Descript
xvi, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
SUMMARY
This fully revised and updated third edition of the bestselling Ancient Egypt seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics, ranging across material culture, the mindset of its people, and social and economic factors. In this volume, Barry J. Kemp identifies the ideas by which the Egyptians organized their experience of the world and explains how they maintained a uniform style in their art and architecture across three thousand years, whilst accommodating substantial changes in outlook. The underlying aim is to relate ancient Egypt to the broader mainstream of our understanding of how all human societies function.
CONTENT
Who were the ancient Egyptians? -- The intellectual foundations of the early state -- The dynamics of culture; Part II The provider state -- The bureaucratic mind -- Model communities -- New Kingdom Egypt: the mature state -- The birth of economic man -- Egypt in microcosm: the city of Amarna
