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The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by themselves. This was also a time of internatio...

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The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by themselves. This was also a time of internatio...

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Another solid work of history from an author and historian who truly grasps the mysteries of ancient Egypt." - Kirkus ReviewsDrawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades of work, reveals how the gran...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and Allied Families, and Tales of the Neutral GroundThe editor and compiler of this volume desires to express his acknowledgment and appreciation of the courtesy of the writers and publishers whose kind permission to reproduce the several articles credited to them respectively has made it possible for him to gather into one sheaf the fragmentary legends and traditions and bits of family...

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The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories, how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Imm...

The story of this civilization from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument - the Great Pyramid. It draws on a huge amount of new evidence uncovered in the last 20 years, and is the first of a 2-volume work. Paperback edition.

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Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and Allied Families, and Tales of the Neutral Ground The editor and compiler of this volume desires to express his acknowledgment and appreciation of the courtesy of the writers and publishers whose kind permission to reproduce the several articles credited to them respectively has made it possible for him to gather into one sheaf the fragmentary legends and traditions and bits of fami...

This definitive, multi-volume history of the world's first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the pastDrawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals ...

First published in Great Britain as The book of the dead by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1899"--T.p. verso.