Ancient History Magazine

READINGS: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

ANCIENT EGYPT: ANATOMY OF A CIVILIZATION

By Barry Kemp

Routledge, 2018

ISBN: 978-0415827263

This updated edition seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Kemp explores the ideas and experience of the Egyptian world using texts as well as art and archaeological evidence. In several case studies, he seeks to broaden our understanding of the Egyptian world.

ANCIENT EGYPT TRANSFORMED: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

Edited by Adela

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