In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned
Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from
its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into
the Roman Empire--three thousand years of wild drama, bold
spectacle, and unforgettable characters.
Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish
pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs
but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and
repression that were its foundations. Drawing upon forty years of
archaeological research, Wilkinson takes us inside an exotic tribal
society with a pre-monetary economy and decadent, divine kings who
ruled with all-too-recognizable human emotions.
Here are the years of the Old Kingdom, where Pepi II, made king as
an infant, was later undermined by rumors of his affair with an
army general, and the Middle Kingdom, a golden age of literature
and jewelry in which the benefits of the afterlife became available
for all, not just royalty--a concept later underlying Christianity.
Wilkinson then explores the legendary era of the New Kingdom, a
lost world of breathtaking opulence founded by Ahmose, whose
parents were siblings, and who married his sister and transformed
worship of his family into a national cult. Other leaders include
Akhenaten, the "heretic king," who with his wife Nefertiti brought
about a revolution with a bold new religion; his son Tutankhamun,
whose dazzling tomb would remain hidden for three millennia; and
eleven pharaohs called Ramesses, the last of whom presided over the
militarism, lawlessness, and corruption that caused a crucial
political and societal decline.
Riveting and revelatory, filled with new information and unique
interpretations, "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt "will become
the standard source about this great civilization, one that
lasted--so far--longer than any other.
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