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The "magnificent" (Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University) story of the Greeks in Egypt from Muhammad Ali to Nasser From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the larg……続きを見る

Scientists have been amazed at how advanced Egyptian mummification was considering that the rest are still developing their own civilizations. Today, a lot of mummies hidden away for centuries have ……続きを見る

What can you learn the daily lives of ancient Egyptians, Mayans, Aztecs and Greeks? You not only get a glimpse of how they get by without modern technology but you will also understand the economics……続きを見る

Learn from the ancient Egyptians, not just in terms of pyramid building and mummification. But learn from their history especially their strengths and weaknesses as a civilization. This book contain……続きを見る

The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors and explorers. Yet the search for its source also contained a religious quest - a ……続きを見る

The Ghost of Cleopatra is a work of historical fiction by John Rice and Gail Tanzer. It tells the story of African-American/Native American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis, whose masterpiece, The Death of C……続きを見る

"The Apocrypha" is the name given to a group of writings found in some versions of the Old Testament but not in others. These texts are usually included in Catholic bibles but not in Protestant ones……続きを見る

Mr. Sladen found that Cairo included a glorious mediaeval city of the Arabian Nights, with innumerable monuments of medieval Arab architecture and unspoiled native life. To this he strives to call a……続きを見る

First published in 1968, An Introduction to the History of Education in Modern Egypt collects all available sources, Eastern and Western, printed and manuscript, in order to give as full an account ……続きを見る

WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY is mainly about women in those Mediterranean civilisations which are the root of ours. After touching on the life of women in Palaeolithic and Neolithic times, Dr. Seltman comes t……続きを見る

For many years before his death in 1943, R. G. Collingwood, who was both a Professor of Philosophy at Oxford and a practicing historian, was engaged in what he intended as a major contribution to th……続きを見る

An important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering……続きを見る

In October 1902, the reservoir of the first Aswan Dam filled, and Egypt's relationship with the Nile River forever changed. Flooding villages of historical northern Nubia and filling the irrigation ……続きを見る

In How to Mellify a Corpse, Vicki León brings her particular hybrid of history and humor to the entwined subjects of science and superstition in the ancient world, from Athens and Rome to Mesopotami……続きを見る

In October 1875, two months after the takeover of the Somali coastal town of Zeila, an Egyptian force numbering 1,200 soldiers departed from the city to occupy Harar, a prominent Muslim hub in the H……続きを見る

Explore the History and Mythology of the Egyptian Kingdom! There are many mysteries of the ancient Egyptian empire and dynasties. Archaeologists and Egyptologists have been studying the artifacts an……続きを見る

In this short book we look at the great pyramid passing through the various theories of existence. Subjects include early Egyptian civilization, astronomy theory, tomb theory, religious theory, and ……続きを見る

In this short book we look at the great pyramid passing through the various theories of existence. Subjects include early Egyptian civilization, astronomy theory, tomb theory, religious theory, and ……続きを見る

Peut-on mettre en lien la langue de l'Egypte ancienne avec une langue encore parlée actuellement ? Se serait-elle transmise de génération en génération ? Et si la langue des pharaons d’Egypte avait ……続きを見る

During the late Middle Kingdom (about 1850-1700 B.C.E.), ancient Egyptian women of high standing were interred with lavish ornamentation and carefully gathered possessions. Buried near the pyramids ……続きを見る

One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon Egyp……続きを見る

Revelations in Egyptology, based on the diaries of Dorothy Eady, better known as Omm Sety. Omm Sety, a brilliant, adventuring Englishwoman, worked under some of the greatest Egyptologists of the 20t……続きを見る

Located some one hundred kilometers southwest of Cairo, the Fayum region has long been regarded as unique, often described in terms that conjure up images of an idealized Garden of Eden. In An Egypt……続きを見る

The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development w……続きを見る

This book presents a new analysis of the organization, structure and changes of the pharaonic state through three millennia of its history. Moreno García sheds new light on this topic by bringing to……続きを見る

When modern primary schools were first founded in Japan and Egypt in the 1870s, they did not teach art. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century, art education was a permanent part of Japanese and……続きを見る

I have always wanted to produce a book on ancient Egyptian religion but have tended to avoid it due to the fact of the difficulty in understanding it, notwithstanding great scholars in this field li……続きを見る

I realized while I was researching Maat, the ancient goddess of justice, how hard it was for Egyptologists to understand most of the ancient Egyptian artifacts only with their conscious mind. Our mo……続きを見る

Del ocaso de un reino al amanecer de un imperio: el encuentro entre Cleopatra, hábil y poderosa soberana de Egipto, y tres grandes protagonistas de la antigua Roma (César, Antonio y Octavio) cambiar……続きを見る

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Hellenistic kingdom based in ancient Egypt. It was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started with Ptolemy I Soter's accession after the death of Alexander the Great i……続きを見る