Contributor
Stalcup, Brenda.
Imprint:San Diego : Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Description255 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:The unique geographic conditions in Egypt / John A. Wilson -- The influence of Mesopotamian civilization / Barbara Mertz -- The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt / Jill Kamil -- Divine rule: the pharaoh as god / Jon Manchip White -- The royal family / Cyril Aldred -- Religious beliefs and practices / Lionel Casson -- Death and the afterlife in Ancient Egypt / Rosalie David -- The sacred animal cults / A. J. Spencer -- Writing and literature in Ancient Egypt / Barbara Sewell -- Medical knowledge and practices / Eugen Strouhal -- The solar calendar / M. Abdel-Kader Hatem -- The pyramids of Egypt / John Romer -- Egyptian art / Paul Johnson -- The heretic pharaoh / Elizabeth Riefstahl -- The last moment of greatness / Torgny Säve-Söderbergh -- Centuries of decline / Lionel Casson and the editors of Time-Life books -- The Greek rulers of Egypt / Desmond Stewart -- Egypt's enduring legacy / Douglas J. Brewer, Emily Teeter -- Egypt's influence on Ancient Greece / William A. Ward -- Meroe: the African heir of Ancient Egypt / P. L. Shinnie -- Egypt's moral legacy: the impact on early Judaism / James Henry Breasted -- Appendix of documents.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
