Nicolas Grimal is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Paris, Sorbonne.Ian Shaw is Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Liverpool.

• List of Illustrations. Introduction.Part I: The Formative Period:.1. From Prehistory to History.2. Religion and History.3. The Thinite Period.Part II: The Classical Age:.4. The Old Kingdom.5. Funerary Ideas.6. The Struggle for Power.7. The Middle Kingdom.8. The Invasion.Part III: The Empire:.9. The Tuthmosids.10. Akhenaten.11. The Ramessid Period.12. The Domain of Amun.Part IV: The Final Phase: .13. The Third Intermediate Period.14. Nubians and Saites.15. Persians and Greeks.Conclusion.Appendix.Glossary.Bibliography.Guide to Further Reading by Kent R. Weekes.Index.

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