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Lives of the Ancient Egyptians

Toby Wilkinson

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One hundred life-stories cover the immense time-span of ancient Egypt, from the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra

Overview

From the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt was home to larger-than-life personalities. Across one hundred lives, Toby Wilkinson explores the true character and diversity of human experience in the ancient world’s greatest civilization. Some of those profiled are famous: pharaohs and queens such as Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Ramesses II and Tiye. Others are lesser known but equally engaging: Imhotep, architect of the first pyramid; Perniankhu, the court dwarf; and the royal sculptor Bak. Equally illuminating are the lives of commoners, so rarely given their own voice: ordinary men and women who include a doctor, a dentist, a housewife, a musician – and a serial criminal.

Product Information

Book Details

Format: Paperback

Size: 19.8 x 13.0 cm

Extent: 304 pp

Illustrations: 18

Publication date: 8 August 2019

ISBN: 9780500294802

Contents List

1. Foundations • 2. The Pyramid Age • 3. Civil War and Restoration • 4. A Golden Age • 5. The Great Heresy • 6. Imperial Egypt • 7. Twilight of the Gods • King-list and chronology, map, further reading

About the Author

Dr Toby Wilkinson is a Bye-Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. The author of many books on ancient Egypt, he won the Hessell-Tiltman prize in 2011 for The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra. .Among his previous books are Genesis of the Pharaohs and Lives of the Ancient Egyptians, both published by Thames & Hudson.