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A History of Egypt: Volume 4, Under the Ptolemaic Dynasty

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A History of Egypt: Volume 4, Under the Ptolemaic Dynasty
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Pentland Mahaffy
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:284
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreEgyptian archaeology and Egyptology
ISBN/Barcode 9781108065672
ClassificationsDewey:932.021
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Maps; 79 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 October 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Published in six volumes between 1894 and 1905, this collection served as a valuable reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology at a time when ongoing archaeological excavations were adding significantly to the understanding of one of the world's oldest civilisations. At the forefront of this research was Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), whose pioneering methods made Near Eastern archaeology a much more systematic and scientific discipline. Many of his other publications are also reissued in this series. Britain's first professor of Egyptology from 1892, Petrie was conscious of the fact that there was no textbook he could recommend to his students. The work of Weidemann was in German and out of date, so Petrie and his collaborators incorporated the latest theories and discoveries in this English-language resource. Volume 4 (1899), written by John Pentland Mahaffy (1839-1919), covers the Ptolemaic dynasty, from 332 to 30 BCE.