Egyptology Today Paperback - Softcover

Wilkinson, Richard H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521682266 ISBN 13: 9780521682268

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

An essential companion to Egyptology examining the methods and techniques that are used by archaeologists in their discovery and assessment of archaeological finds. Written by an extremely distinguished cast of authors at the forefront of their individual fields, their examinations shed new light on our understanding of a distant culture.

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Críticas

'This useful and informative publication adds a much needed new dimension to the study of ancient Egypt.' Ancient Egypt

'...a valuable and focussed account of techniques and methods that are continually adding to our knowledge of ancient Egypt.' Minerva

'... an excellent guide to the current state of knowledge, ongoing trends, and field-specific challenges in modern Egyptology, and it should be mandatory reading for all graduate students and professionals in the field. The book is also recommended for undergraduate students and the interested public who want to know what modern Egyptologists care about and what they actually do.' American Journal of Archaeology Online

'Richard Wilkinson has pulled together an excellent introduction to the variety of approaches that are currently in use for understanding the world of ancient Egypt. While the public may generally equate Egyptology with archaeology (and more specifically with the discovery of 'exciting' finds), and while in the past an uncritical approach was privileged in Egyptology, the subject today takes advantage of the wide range of evidence that has survived.' Journal of the American Oriental Society

Biografía del autor

Richard H. Wilkinson is Professor of Egyptian archaeology at the University of Arizona. Director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, which has conducted archaeological projects in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings since 1989 and now excavating the memorial temple of Queen Tausert, he is the author of nearly one hundred articles and reviews as well as six books, most recently The Complete Temples of Egypt and The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521682266
• ISBN 13: 9780521682268
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 298