Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (eBook)

Kathryn A. Bard is Professor of Archaeology at Boston University. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has directed excavations in Egypt and northern Ethiopia since 1989, and in 1998 was given the Chairman's Award of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration. She is the author of From Farmers to Pharaohs: Mortuary Evidence for the Rise of Complex Society in Egypt (1994), the editor of The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt: An Encyclopedia (1999), and is on the editorial board of The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology published by the Egypt Exploration Society. Professor Bard is co-director of excavations at the pharaonic harbor at Mersa-Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea, which has uncovered evidence of ancient Egyptian ships used in seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt, probably located in what is now eastern Sudan and Eritrea.

"Kathryn Bard's thorough and very up to date
revision of her excellent Introduction assimilates
impressively the continuing flood of research in Egyptian
archaeology and of new discoveries. Reworked major chapters
highlight issues that are important for the archaeology of all
early states."

John Baines, Oxford University

"This is a history of ancient Egypt as seen through the lens
of archaeological discoveries. Well written and approachable, this
volume will engage students and scholars alike."

Ronald Leprohon, University of Toronto

"A comprehensive approach to the archaeology of one of the
world's great ancient societies, this important resource is
now admirably updated to keep abreast of the latest developments in
Egyptology."

Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard University