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"In this illustrated account of the origins of ancient Egypt, Douglas J. Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to our understanding of later Egyptian culture. Beginning with a quick review of the fields of Egyptology and archaeology, …
Who built the pyramids and why? Douglas Brewer delves in Egypt's past to find the answer to this and many other questions that have long fascinated readers. He traces the history of the Nile Valley from its earliest inhabitants to the era of the pyramids.
"In this illustrated account of the origins of ancient Egypt, Douglas J. Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to our understanding of later Egyptian culture. Beginning with a quick review of the fields of Egyptology and archaeology, …
"In this illustrated account of the origins of ancient Egypt, Douglas J. Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to our understanding of later Egyptian culture. Beginning with a quick review of the fields of Egyptology and archaeology, …
Ancient Egypt is a beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read book covering the formative era of the Egyptian civilization: the age before the pyramids. Douglas Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to understanding of later Egyptian cultu…
The Dynastic period is the sexy part of Egyptian history--from the first pyramid to Cleopatra's rendezvous with the asp--that so many books cover. Brewer (anthropology, U. of Illinois) looks instead to the period before that, focusing on the connection between environment and cu…
The Dynastic period is the sexy part of Egyptian history--from the first pyramid to Cleopatra's rendezvous with the asp--that so many books cover. Brewer (anthropology, U. of Illinois) looks instead to the period before that, focusing on the connection between environment and cu…