Overview

This meticulously edited collection gives full insight into Egyptian history, mythology, literature and always exciting archaeological discoveries. This edition is enriched with the key documents, images and historical sources of Ancient Egypt as well as with some of the most famous works of Ancient Egyptian literature.

"Ancient Egypt" represents the civilization of North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place that is now as the country of Egypt. The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods: The Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.

Contents

History of Ancient Egypt

Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Literature of Ancient Egypt

Mythology of Ancient Egypt

Primary Sources of the Ancient Egyptian History

The Book of the Dead

Papyrus of Ani

The Rosetta Stone

Hymn to the Nile

The Laments of Isis and Nephthys

Great Hymn to Aten

Hymn to Osiris-Sokar

The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep

The Victory of Ramses II Over the Khita

An Account of the Battle of Megiddo

Charm for the Protection of a Child

Stories and Poems of Ancient Egypt

Tale of the Doomed Prince

The Magic Book

The Dialogue of a Misanthrope with His Own Soul

Ancient Egyptian Love Poems

The Egyptian Book of Herodotus