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This definitive, multi-volume history of the world''s first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the past

Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand narratives of nineteenth and twentieth-century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects and writing: a history based on physical reality.



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Evocative and passionate ... [Romer] has a command of material and of language that makes this a fascinating tale ... Magisterial -- Anthony Sattin * Spectator *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 2 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9780141399720
      978-0141399720
      ISBN-10 0141399724
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This definitive, multi-volume history of the world''s first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the past

      Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand narratives of nineteenth and twentieth-century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects and writing: a history based on physical reality.



      Trade Review
      Evocative and passionate ... [Romer] has a command of material and of language that makes this a fascinating tale ... Magisterial -- Anthony Sattin * Spectator *

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