The twilight of ancient Egypt : first millennium B.C.E.
Title:
The twilight of ancient Egypt : first millennium B.C.E.
Author:
Myśliwiec, Karol.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
xv, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The dualistic vision of the world and the paradox of ancient Egypt's history -- Amun's two capitals: Thebes and Tanis (Dynasties 21-24) -- Fresh currents from the African interior: Kushites in Egypt (Dynasty 25) -- The Saite renaissance (Dynasty 26) -- Persians and Greeks on the throne of the pharaohs (Dynasty 27-Ptolemaic period) -- The divine "lord of the two lands": the last thousand years of pharaonic Egypt; Polish archaeology on the Nile.
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ISBN:
9780801437168
9780801486302
Format :
Book
