Description
| Product ID: | 9789774167164 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | EG |
| Title: | Monarchs of the Nile |
| Authors: | Author: Aidan Dodson |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, Ancient history, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Archaeology, Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book presents a concise account of the lives and times of some of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification of the country around 3000 BC down to the extinction of native rule just under three millennia later. Some, such as Thutmose III, had a major impact on their time, and were remembered by their own people until the very civilization collapsed. Others, such as Tutankhamun, were soon forgotten by the Egyptians themselves, only to burst into popular culture thousands of years after their deaths, as a result of the labors of modern archaeologists. For over three thousand years, the ancient Egyptian monarchy lasted in a recognizable form, with the king as its central figure, the supreme head of the administrative, religious, political, and military state. Not merely a worldly leader, he was the chief link between the human and the divine, himself the physical offspring of a divine god. Monarchs of the Nile is a vivid and engaging account of the lives and times of some of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification of the country around 3000 BC to the extinction of native rule just under three millennia later. Some, such as Thutmose III, had a major impact on their time, and were remembered by their own people until the very civilization collapsed. Others, such as Tutankhamun, were soon forgotten by the Egyptians themselves, only to burst into popular culture thousands of years after their deaths, as a result of the labors of modern archaeologists. Still more remain unknown outside the small circle of professional archaeologists, but led lives that call out for wider dissemination. Drawing on two further decades of research since Monarchs of the Nile was first published in 1995, Aidan Dodson provides a mix of all three categories, bringing together in highly readable form a compelling view of Egyptian kings and all their range of achievements. |
| Imprint Name: | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Publisher Name: | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-03-23 |