Julian Heath

Archaeology Hotspot Egypt (eBook, PDF)

Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals have been, ongoing projects, and how it all fits into a broader view of the history of the country. In Archaeology Hotspot Egypt, scholar Julian Heath provides a chronological overview beginning with handaxes left by Homo erectus during the Lower Paleolithic and moving onwards through pharaonic Egypt to finish in the Greco-Roman period. He covers the most interesting finds-including Tutankhamen's tomb and the Rosetta Stone-and profiles major personalities, past and present. Current digs and recent insights on the past are also covered, such as the massive tomb of KV5 and how contemporary scientific techniques are unearthing new information about ancient Egyptian people and animals. The result is an illuminating look at the history, culture, national heritage, and current archaeological news of Egypt-a hotspot of archaeology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216279341
• Artikelnr.: 74832564

Autorenporträt

Julian Heath is a freelance illustrator and excavator on archaeological sites in Europe and Egypt. Heath has also lectured at the University of Liverpool, published several books on prehistoric archaeology and Egyptology and is also a regular contributor to Ancient Egypt magazine. Included among his published works are Exploring Megalithic Europe: Amazing Sites to See for Yourself (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists ((Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chronology of Ancient Egypt
1-Introducing Ancient Egypt
2-From Hand Axes to Mummy Portraits: The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
3-Famous Figures in Egyptology
4-Controversies and Scandals in Egyptology
5-Harming Egypt's Past: The Antiquities Market
6-Contributions to Knowledge of the Past
7-Current Digs
Epilogue: Learning More about Ancient Egypt
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author