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<br> From <em>Áha</em>, king of the 1st Dynasty at Memphis (2920 B.C.), to the vast complex of pleasure palaces at <em>Zerukha</em> this A-Z dictionary places more than 1,500 entries on the rich world of ancient Egypt right at the reader's fingertips. The first single-volume reference of its kind, <em>The Dictionary of</em> <em>Ancient Egypt</em> vividly combines the historical, religious, creative, artistic, military, and personal details of this venerable civilization on the Nile.<br> This easy-to-use dictionary covers a wealth of information from the Predynastic period around 3,000 B.C. to the fall of the New Kingdom in 1,070 B.C. Here are the many pharaohs who served as the guiding forces of Egypt, such as <em>Djoser</em>, the second king of the 3rd Dynasty, who after dreaming that the god Khnum had appeared to him complaining about the sorry state of his shrine, erected a new temple at Elephantine bringing a miraculous end to a famine that plagued Egypt for seven years. And, of course, there is <em>King Tutánkhamun</em>, the most well-known pharaoh in modern times because of the discovery of his tomb. We are introduced to the many Egyptian queens, who whether in command of th

Author

Bunson, Margaret

Publisher

Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195099898

Subjects

History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24