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Author(s): Christina Riggs
ISBN(s): 9781789145878, 178023726X
Edition: Hardcover
File Details: PDF, 13.90 MB
Year: 2017
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 178023726X
ISBN 13: 9781789145878
Author: Christina Riggs

Examining the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt, an illuminating look at why it has been so influential throughout the centuries.

From Roman villas to Hollywood films, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspiration in many other cultures. But why, exactly, has this been the case? In this book, Christina Riggs examines the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt to illuminate why it has been so influential throughout the centuries. In doing so, she shows how the ancient past has always been used to serve contemporary purposes.

Often characterized as a lost civilization that was discovered by adventurers and archeologists, Egypt has meant many things to many different people. Ancient Greek and Roman writers admired ancient Egyptian philosophy, and this admiration would influence ideas about Egypt in Renaissance Europe as well as the Arabic-speaking world. By the eighteenth century, secret societies like the Freemasons looked to ancient Egypt as a source of wisdom, but as modern Egypt became the focus of Western military strategy and economic exploitation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, its ancient remains came to be seen as exotic, primitive, or even dangerous, tangled in the politics of racial science and archaeology. The curse of the pharaohs or the seductiveness of Cleopatra were myths that took on new meanings in the colonial era, while ancient Egypt also inspired modernist, anti-colonial movements in the arts, such as in the Harlem Renaissance and Egyptian Pharaonism. Today, ancient Egypt—whether through actual relics or through cultural homage—can be found from museum galleries to tattoo parlors. Riggs helps us understand why this “lost civilization” continues to be a touchpoint for defining—and debating—who we are today.

Egypt Lost Civilizations 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Egyptian Civilization

  • Prehistoric Egypt: The Dawn of Civilization

  • Early Settlements and Agricultural Developments

  • The Rise of Dynastic Egypt

  • The Role of the Nile River in Shaping Egyptian Civilization

  • The Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Chapter 2: The Old Kingdom: The Age of the Pyramids

  • The Rise of the Pharaohs and the Establishment of the Old Kingdom

  • The Role of Pharaohs and the God-King Concept

  • The Construction of the Pyramids: Engineering Feats

  • Religion, Beliefs, and the Afterlife in the Old Kingdom

  • Decline of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period

Chapter 3: The Middle Kingdom: Revival and Transformation

  • The Middle Kingdom’s Political and Economic Reforms

  • Art, Literature, and Cultural Developments in the Middle Kingdom

  • The Expansion of Egyptian Power and Influence

  • The Cult of Osiris and Developments in Egyptian Religion

  • The Decline of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period

Chapter 4: The New Kingdom: Egypt’s Golden Age

  • The Rise of the New Kingdom and the Eighteenth Dynasty

  • The Great Pharaohs: Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun

  • The Expansion of Egyptian Power and Empire Building

  • Religion and the Rise of the Sun God, Aten

  • The Decline of the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period

Chapter 5: The Lost Kingdoms: Egypt’s Forgotten Civilizations

  • Exploring Lesser-Known Egyptian Dynasties and Regions

  • The Role of the Hyksos in Egyptian History

  • The Kushite Dynasty and the 25th Dynasty of Egypt

  • Egypt’s Influence on Nubian Kingdoms and Other African Cultures

  • Lost and Forgotten Sites: Exploring Egypt’s Hidden Civilizations

Chapter 6: The Role of Religion and the Afterlife

  • The Importance of Religion in Egyptian Life

  • Gods, Temples, and Divine Kingship

  • Funerary Practices and the Concept of the Afterlife

  • The Construction of Tombs: From Mastabas to the Valley of the Kings

  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead and Its Significance

Chapter 7: Egyptian Art and Architecture

  • The Development of Egyptian Art and Its Symbolism

  • The Role of Architecture in Egyptian Society

  • Monumental Structures: Temples, Pyramids, and Obelisks

  • Mummification and the Preservation of the Dead

  • The Artistic Legacy of Ancient Egypt

Chapter 8: Decline and Fall: The End of the Egyptian Empire

  • Factors Leading to the Decline of Egyptian Power

  • The Influence of Foreign Invaders: Assyrians, Persians, and Greeks

  • The Ptolemaic Dynasty and the Hellenistic Influence

  • The Roman Conquest of Egypt and the End of Pharaonic Rule

  • Egypt’s Transformation under Roman and Byzantine Rule

Chapter 9: Rediscovering Egypt: The Archaeological Revolution

  • The Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt in Modern Times

  • Key Archaeological Discoveries: From Napoleon to Modern Excavations

  • The Role of Egyptology and the Unraveling of Egypt’s Mysteries

  • The Importance of Preserving Egypt’s Cultural Heritage

Chapter 10: Egypt in the Modern Imagination

  • Egypt’s Influence on Art, Literature, and Popular Culture

  • The Legacy of Ancient Egypt in Modern Civilization

  • Egypt as a Symbol of Mystery and Ancient Wisdom

  • The Global Fascination with Egyptian Civilization

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