Category:  Reference

De electre.com : Qu'y a-t-il derrière le formalisme et la majesté des monuments pharaoniques ? Sources à l'appui, les auteurs livrent une information critique et concrète sur les dynasties pharaoniques, indispensables à une réflexion sur un régime politique exemplaire.

Reviewed by Francesca: This major work of references provides 14 essays on ancient Egyptian history, from the Paleolithic cultures to the Roman period. An illustrated encyclopedia, it features over 300 A-Z entries and sub-entries (from A-Group Culture to Zawiyet el-Aryan) on archaeological sites, biographies of Egyptologists, buildings and much more. Each entry features suggestions for further reading. Contributors include world-famous Egyptologists and archaeologists. Maps and a chronology complete this outstanding work. Highly recommended for serious students and scholars.

From Amazon.com:The A to Z of Ancient Egypt presents a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on Egyptian rulers, bureaucrats, and commoners whose records have survived, as well as ancient society, religion, and gods.

Reviewed by Francesca: An easy-to-use encyclopedia, it consists of more than 1,500 entries dealing with the history of Ancient Egypt, its religion, art, literature, agriculture, pyramids, architecture, medicine, temples, society, kingship, and much more. The dictionary covers the Predynastic Period to the close of the New Kingdom. Accompanied by many charts, maps, drawings and illustrations, it is a most useful reference to the layperson, allowing him to discover this long-gone civilization.

From the publisher's website: A comprehensive, authoritative reference source brings together centuries of scholarship and the latest research on every aspect of Egyptian life. Featuring 600 original articles written by leading experts (Donald B. Redford, Edward Bleiberg, John L. Foster, Rita Freed, Gerald E. Kadish, Ronald J. Leprohon and David P. Silverman), [this 3-volume book] goes far beyond the findings of archaeology to present what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural, and artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization.

From AEB: The new (third) edition of this book provides concise and updated summaries of the lives and achievements of the leading names of Egyptian archaeology, with many new entries since the last edition.