One of the most vexing problems in Egyptology is the question of establishing reliable chronologies, whether through relative methods such as stratigraphy and the dating of artifacts or through more absolute time horizons established by astronomical ephemera or radiometric dating. In this overview of ancient Egypt--meant for advanced students, but accessible to general readers with an interest in the area--Ian Shaw and 13 contributors pay close attention to issues of chronology, reconciling conflicts of dating that mark older scholarship.
While doing so, they address other problems in the study of ancient Egypt, such as the lack of material evidence of early humans in the region and the increasing destruction of sites in the face of contemporary urban growth. Elsewhere, they remark on the principal developments that distinguish periods in Egyptian prehistory, such as the Old Kingdom's use of large-scale building projects to consolidate power and "remind people of the greatness of pharaonic civilization," and the Middle and New kingdoms' apparent openness to foreigners, which lent Egypt a cosmopolitan, multicultural air that persisted for centuries during long periods of domination by outside powers such as Persia and Rome. Highly useful as a reference and survey, this handsomely illustrated book is a fine addition to any Egyptophile's collection. --Gregory McNamee --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
2 有用 雪莱 2019-04-08 22:57:59
花了一个多月才基本看完,是我看过最专业最详尽的古埃及历史和考古通史。全书其实很枯燥,但这是因为作者非常克制谨慎,往往引用大量考古成果和他人研究,才小心得出一个信息量很少的结论。看完觉得古埃及真是诠释了“国之大事,惟祀与戎”,几乎所有权力的来源和王朝信仰都奠基于此,埃及也远非高度集权的帝国,法老的权力时刻会衰落、碎片化,总之很与众不同
0 有用 爱未未未来 2009-02-24 09:02:56
too professional...
0 有用 Я 2022-09-25 12:47:59 中国香港
基本上是硬着头皮啃,非常不适合新手阅读,非常枯燥。
0 有用 Biberius 2022-09-02 05:52:45 法国
总体看下来觉得新王国部分写得比较枯燥,其他的中规中矩,从late period往后就比较好看了,当然也是渐渐进入旧有知识结构舒适区的缘故。行文中依靠考古材料多,文献列举比较少,有提及也只是一带而过(比如说《Wenamen出使记》证明当时埃及与Byblos关系紧密这一点),在这方面一部古埃及文选就很有必要了(中文世界蒲老师那一部就很好)。
1 有用 希鲮鱼 2020-03-15 16:57:57
有些年头了,有些论点在现在已经不成立了(例如democratization of afterlife(
0 有用 Я 2022-09-25 12:47:59 中国香港
基本上是硬着头皮啃,非常不适合新手阅读,非常枯燥。
0 有用 Biberius 2022-09-02 05:52:45 法国
总体看下来觉得新王国部分写得比较枯燥,其他的中规中矩,从late period往后就比较好看了,当然也是渐渐进入旧有知识结构舒适区的缘故。行文中依靠考古材料多,文献列举比较少,有提及也只是一带而过(比如说《Wenamen出使记》证明当时埃及与Byblos关系紧密这一点),在这方面一部古埃及文选就很有必要了(中文世界蒲老师那一部就很好)。
0 有用 小岛 2020-08-28 11:19:25
@2017-02-01 01:10:17
0 有用 大明都督李舜臣 2020-07-01 20:57:32
補標,很久之前讀過的一本書,當時是作為教科書來讀的。不過我在一年前聽我們老師說,本書作者現在已經退休,不再教學生了😥……
0 有用 港島柯德莉 2020-06-05 15:43:13
什么都在读 不是人上的一门课