A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2
  • Published: 12 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141399720
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $27.99
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A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2

From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom

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12 Feb 2018
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1 Dec 2016
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The definitive, multi-volume history of the world's first known state

Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand narratives of nineteenth and twentieth-century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects and writing: a history based on physical reality.
  • Published: 12 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141399720
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

About the author

John Romer

John Romer graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1966 and began his work in Middle Eastern archaeology shortly thereafter, serving on American and German expeditions in Egyptian Thebes and acting as Field Director of the Brooklyn Museum Theban Expedition, conducting the first physical survey and conservation studies in the Valley of the Kings, and excavating the tomb of Ramesses XI. Romer has also dedicated a great part of his time to archaeological conservation and, as an aid to raising public awareness of the importance and fragility of the past, has made many TV and radio documentaries, to international critical acclaim. Besides numerous specialist articles and reports, his books have included Valley of the Kings; Ancient Lives; and The Seven Wonders of the World (with Elizabeth Romer). His latest book is The Great Pyramid; Ancient Egypt Revisited.

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Praise for A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2

Evocative and passionate ... [Romer] has a command of material and of language that makes this a fascinating tale ... Magisterial

Anthony Sattin, Spectator
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