The British Museum dictionary of Ancient Egypt

Author(s)

    • Shaw, Ian
    • Nicholson, Paul T.
    • British Museum

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The British Museum dictionary of Ancient Egypt

Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson

British Museum, 2002

Other Title

Dictionary of Ancient Egypt

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"First published 1995"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Maps Preface Dictionary entries A-Z Chronology Appendix 1 (list of Egyptologists mentioned in the text) Appendix 2 (Alphabetical list of owners of tombs in western Thebes) Index

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