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The History of Egypt under the Ptolemies
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The History of Egypt under the Ptolemies
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Samuel Sharpe
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:234 | Dimensions(mm): Height 245,Width 170 |
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Category/Genre | Archaeology Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108082976
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Classifications | Dewey:932.021 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
30 April 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This 1838 work by Samuel Sharpe (1799-1881) is the second of two volumes on the history of ancient Egypt; the first, dealing with the earlier period, is also reissued in this series. From a banking family, Sharpe was fascinated by Young's and Champollion's work in deciphering the hieroglyphs. He taught himself Coptic, and compiled his own hieroglyphic vocabulary lists. His facility for decipherment was assisted by a natural gift for solving cryptograms, but his inferences sometimes led him into error. This book, in which Sharpe follows his earlier technique of using inscriptions as well as historical works as sources, begins with a survey of the history of Egypt up to the time of Alexander the Great; the interested reader is referred to Sharpe's earlier volume for more details. He then surveys the Ptolemaic era by reigns, ending with the battle of Actium and the conquest of Egypt by Augustus.
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