Wilkinson, an award-winning Egyptologist who teaches at Oxford, provides
a fine single-volume history of ancient Egypt that covers more than
3,000 years, from prehistory to the Roman conquest. He uses a
conventional chronological approach that inevitably uses archaeological
sources to provide examples. Like his colleagues, Wilkinson expresses
admiration for the continuity, stability, and relative harmony of
pharaonic Egypt. Yet he is strikingly at odds with other Egyptologists
in his efforts to present the darker side of Egyptian life...
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Pages: 656
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