BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPT -- ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION -- LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT -- THE KING AND IDEOLOGY: ADMINISTRATION, ART, AND WRITING -- SOURCES, CALENDARS, AND CHRONOLOGY -- EGYPTOLOGY: THE RECOVERY AND STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPT -- CHAPTER 2: THE EARLY PERIOD -- PREDYNASTIC EGYPT -- THE 1ST DYNASTY (C. 2925-C. 2775 BC) -- THE 2ND DYNASTY (C. 2775-C. 2650 BC) -- THE 3RD DYNASTY (C. 2650-C. 2575 BC) -- CHAPTER 3 THE OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS -- THE OLD KINGDOM (C. 2575-C. 2130 BC) -- THE 4TH DYNASTY (C. 2575-C. 2465 BC) -- THE 5TH DYNASTY (C. 2465-C. 2325 BC) -- THE 6TH DYNASTY (C. 2325-C. 2150 BC) -- THE 7TH AND 8TH DYNASTIES (C. 2150-C. 2130 BC) -- THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD -- THE 9TH DYNASTY (C. 2130-2080 BC) -- THE 10TH (C. 2080-C. 1970 BC) AND 11TH (2081-1938 BC) DYNASTIES -- THE MIDLE KINGDOM -- THE 12TH DYNASTY (1938-C. 1756 BC) -- THE 13TH DYNASTY (C. 1756-C. 1630 BC) -- THE SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD -- CHAPTER 4 THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD -- THE NEW KINGDOM: THE 18TH DYNASTY -- AHMOSE -- AMENHOTEP I -- THUTMOSE I AND THUTMOSE II -- HATSHEPSUT AND THUTMOSE III -- AMENHOTEP II AND THUTMOSE IV -- AMENHOTEP III -- AMENHOTEP IV (AKHENATON) -- THE AFTERMATH OF AMARNA -- AY AND HOREMHEB -- THE RAMESSIDE PERIOD (19TH AND 20TH DYNASTIES) -- RAMSES I AND SETI I -- RAMSES II -- MERNEPTAH AND THE LAST YEARS OF THE 19TH DYNASTY -- THE EARLY 20TH DYNASTY: SETNAKHT AND RAMSES III -- RAMSES IV -- THE LATER RAMESSIDE KINGS -- THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD -- THE 21ST DYNASTY -- LIBYAN RULE: THE 22ND AND 23RD DYNASTIES -- THE 24TH AND 25TH DYNASTIES -- CHAPTER 5 THE LATE PERIOD AND BEYOND -- THE LATE PERIOD (664-332 BC) -- EGYPT UNDER ACHAEMENID RULE -- THE 27TH DYNASTY -- THE 28TH, 29TH, AND 30TH DYNASTIES -- THE MACEDONIAN CONQUEST.

THE PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY -- THE PTOLEMIES (305-145 BC) -- DYNASTIC STRIFE AND DECLINE (145-30 BC) -- GOVERNMENT AND CONDITIONS UNDER THE PTOLEMIES -- ADMINISTRATION -- ECONOMY -- RELIGION -- CULTURE -- CHAPTER 6 ROMAN AND BYZANTINE EGYPT -- EGYPT AS A PROVINCE OF ROME -- ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY UNDER ROME -- SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND CULTURE -- EGYPT'S ROLE IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE -- BYZANTINE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT -- THE ADVANCE OF CHRISTIANITY -- CHAPTER 7 EGYPTIAN RELIGION -- NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE -- SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN KNOWLEDGE -- KING, COSMOS, AND SOCIETY -- THE GODS -- GROUPINGS OF DEITIES -- MYTH -- THE CULT -- PIETY, PRACTICAL RELIGION, AND MAGIC -- THE WORLD OF THE DEAD -- INFLUENCE ON OTHER RELIGIONS -- CHAPTER 8 EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE AND WRITING -- EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE -- EGYPTIAN WRITING -- HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING -- HIERATIC SCRIPT -- DEMOTIC SCRIPT -- CHAPTER 9 EGYPTIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE -- PREDYNASTIC PERIOD -- DYNASTIC EGYPT -- ARCHITECTURE -- SCULPTURE -- RELIEF SCULPTURE AND PAINTING -- PLASTIC ARTS -- DECORATIVE ARTS -- GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT -- CHAPTER 10 EGYPTOMANIA -- APPENDIX: SELECTED SITES -- ABU JIRAB -- ABU RUWAYSH -- ABU SIR -- AL-LAHUN -- AL-MA'ADI -- BENI HASAN -- DAHSHUR -- DAYR AL-BAHRI -- DAYR AL-MADINAH -- KARNAK -- LUXOR -- MAYDUM -- MEMPHIS -- SAQQARAH -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.