Ancient Egypt: A Photographic History - Hardcover

by Nigel Fletcher-Jones (Author)

Arranged chronologically, Ancient Egypt offers a compact photographic guide, from the 4000 BC Naqada culture to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty with the suicide of Cleopatra in 30 BC. In between, discover the Narmer Palette, a 31st-century BC stone tablet that records the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by King Narmer; learn about Amenhotep the Magnificent, during whose reign Egypt reached the peak of its artistic and international power; and discover how Egypt was ruled by Archaemenid Persia for almost 200 years, until the arrival of Alexander the Great and his all-conquering Macedonian army.

Author Biography

Nigel Fletcher-Jones is the author of Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples. He writes regularly on Egyptian archaeology and history for magazines. He has a PhD in archaeology and anthropology from Durham University, England, and is director of the American University in Cairo Press.