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This successful and highly-esteemed British Museum reference work is now republished in a new pocket-sized edition. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans and maps.
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British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, Ian Shaw, Paul Nicholson
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ian Shaw, Paul Nicholson
- Publisher
- British Museum Pubns Ltd
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 328
- ISBN10
- 0714109827
- ISBN13
- 9780714109824
- Series
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- This successful and highly-esteemed British Museum reference work is now republished in a new pocket-sized edition. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans and maps.