An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt [Paperback]

This student-friendly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt guides readers from the Paleolithic to the Greco-Roman periods, and has now been updated to include recent discoveries and new illustrations.

• Superbly illustrated with photographs, maps, and site plans, with additional illustrations in this new edition
• Organized  into 11 chapters, covering: the history of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology; prehistoric and pharaonic chronology and the ancient Egyptian language; geography, resources, and environment; and seven chapters organized chronologically and devoted to specific archaeological sites and evidence
• Includes sections on salient topics such as the constructing the Great Pyramid at Giza and the process of mummificationList of Plates ix

List of Figures xi

List of Maps xv

Abbreviations xvii

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxi

1 Egyptian Archaeology: Definitions and History 1

1.1 Introduction: Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Its Prehistoric Predecessors 3

1.2 Egyptian Archaeology 3

1.3 Egyptology 5

1.4 History of Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology 5

1.5 Archaeological Methods 14

1.6 Archaeological Theory 21

1.7 Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Archaeologists in Fiction and Films 22

2 Hieroglyphs, Language, and Pharaonic Chronology 25

2.1 Language of the Ancient Egyptians 27

2.2 Origins and Development of Egyptian Writing 27

2.3 Scripts and Media of Writing 31

2.4 Signs, Structure, and Grammar 31

2.5 Literacy in Ancient Egypt 33

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