anatomy of a civilization Kemp, Barry J. creator text bibliography enk London New York Routledge 1989 This edition published in 2002 monographic eng

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356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm This fully revised and updated third edition of the bestselling Ancient Egypt seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics, ranging across material culture, the mindset of its people, and social and economic factors. In this volume, Barry J. Kemp identifies the ideas by which the Egyptians organized their experience of the world and explains how they maintained a uniform style in their art and architecture across three thousand years, whilst accommodating substantial changes in outlook. The underlying aim is to relate ancient Egypt to the broader mainstream of our understanding of how all human societies function. Source material is taken from ancient written documents, while the book also highlights the contribution that archaeology makes to our understanding of Egyptian culture and society. It uses numerous case studies, illustrating them with artwork expressly prepared from specialist sources. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, the book is an indispensable text for all students of ancient Egypt and for the general reader. Barry J. Kemp. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-ua--- Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C DT61 .K44 1989 932 0415012813 9780415063463 88018484 DLC 880628 20240610145259.0 3229 eng