Discovery of Ancient Egypt: History, Archaeology & Ancient Texts

This meticulously edited collection of history, literature and archaeological discoveries, 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:Contents:History of Ancient EgyptArchaeology of Ancient EgyptLiterature of Ancient EgyptPrimary Sources of the Ancient Egyptian History:The Book of the DeadPapyrus of AniThe Rosetta StoneHymn to the NileThe Laments of Isis and NephthysGreat Hymn to AtenHymn to Osiris-SokarThe Precepts of Ptah-HotepThe Victory of Ramses II Over the KhitaAn Account of the Battle of MegiddoCharm for the Protection of a ChildStories and Poems of Ancient EgyptTale of the Doomed PrinceThe Magic BookThe Dialogue of a Misanthrope with His Own SoulAncient Egyptian Love PoemsThe Egyptian Book of Herodotus