Overview
During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period. By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.
Full Product Details
Author: Aidan Dodson
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 1.012kg
ISBN: 9789774165313
ISBN 10: 9774165314
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 08 July 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
. . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy - this is such a book. --Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014
. . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy - this is such a book. --Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014 . . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy - this is such a book. --Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014
. . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy - this is such a book. --Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014
Author Information
AIDAN DODSON is a senior research fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he teaches Egyptology. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of Amarna Sunset (AUC Press, 2009) and Poisoned Legacy (AUC Press, 2010).
