The History of Egypt under the Ptolemies

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The History of Egypt under the Ptolemies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Samuel Sharpe
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:234
Dimensions(mm): Height 245,Width 170
Category/GenreArchaeology
Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology
ISBN/Barcode 9781108082976
ClassificationsDewey:932.021
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 30 April 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.