A History of Egypt: Volume 2, The XVIIth and XVIIIth Dynasties

Published in 1896 as part of a six-volume set, this work served as a key reference tool in Egyptology.

William Matthew Flinders Petrie (Author)

9781108065658, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 October 2013

376 pages, 164 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg

Published in six volumes between 1894 and 1905, this collection served as a valuable reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology at a time when ongoing archaeological excavations were adding significantly to the understanding of one of the world's oldest civilisations. At the forefront of this research was Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942), whose pioneering methods made Near Eastern archaeology a much more systematic and scientific discipline. Many of his other publications are also reissued in this series. Britain's first professor of Egyptology from 1892, Petrie was conscious of the fact that there was no textbook he could recommend to his students. The work of Weidemann was in German and out of date, so Petrie and his collaborators incorporated the latest theories and discoveries in this English-language resource. In Volume 2 (1896), Petrie covers the seventeenth and eighteenth dynasties.

Preface
1. Seventeenth dynasty
2. Eighteenth dynasty
3. Aahmes
4. Amenhotep I
5. Tahutimes I
6. Tahutimes II
7. Hatshepsut
8. Tahutimes III
9. Amenhotep II
10. Tahutimes IV
11. Amenhotep III
12. Amenhotep IV
13. Ra-Smenkh-Ka
14. Tut-Ankh-Amen
15. Ay
16. Horemheb
17. The decline of Egypt in Syria
18. The geography of the Syrian campaigns
19. Relationships of the XVIIth dynasty
20. The mummies of Deir el Bahri
Additional notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology [HDDG]