Egypt: People, Gods, PharaohsThe Hagens attempt to answer some basic questions about life in Ancient Egypt. Little changed in the course of the 3,000 years of Ancient Egyptian history. Pharaohs and gods came and went but the Egyptian vision of the underworld, their system of government and level of technology remained largely unchanged. |
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Foreword | 7 |
A Gift of the Nile | 15 |
The Pyramids Wonders of the World | 25 |
Copyright | |
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18th Dynasty Abu Simbel Akhenaten Alexandria Amenhotep Amun Ancient Egyptian Anubis artist Aswan barque Berlin body building built burial chamber Cairo century Cheops Cleopatra coffin daughter dead deceased decorated Deir el-Bahari Deir el-Medinah Delta depicted desert divine Djoser Egyptian Museum Egyptologists embalming eternity female Giza goddess gods gold granite Hathor Hatshepsut head height Herodotus hieroglyphs Hildesheim Horus incense inundation Isis Karnak king land Late Period limestone Lower Egypt Luxor Maat magic mastaba metres Middle Kingdom monuments mortuary temple mummy Musée Museo Egizio Nefertari Nefertiti Nile officials Old Kingdom Osiris painted Paneb papyrus Pelizaeus-Museum pharaoh Philae priests primeval protection pyramid queen Ramesses Ramesses II Ramesseum Relief rituals royal rulers Saqqara scribe Senenmut Sennedjem Sennefer Sphinx statue stele stone sun-disc symbol texts Thebes throne tomb workers Turin Tutankhamun Tuthmosis underworld unguents Valley village vizier Wall-painting walls wearing wife woman women wooden