All About History Book of Ancient Egypt (10th Ed)
Welcome to ALL ABOUT HIOSTORY Book of ANCIENT EGYPT
Map of Ancient Egypt • From the Nile Delta to the fertile floodplains, explore the setting that became the birthplace of a great civilisation
Ancient Egypt, 3300-30 BCE
Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt • Spanning many eras, the New, Middle and Old Kingdoms would see the pharaohs reach the peak of their power and Egyptian culture soar
Famous faces through time • Uncover the celebrities of each kingdom of this great civilisation
The Old Kingdom • A time of rebirth, the Old Kingdom saw the introduction of the first pharaoh, dynasty and pyramid to the world
Ancient Egypt’s first pharaoh • Who was the man who unified two distinctly different halves of the same realm and set the stage for the Old Kingdom period?
The Middle Kingdom • Once again divided and once again whole, Ancient Egypt rose from its own ashes to become a military and cultural powerhouse
The feudal governments of the Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom • The last great age of Ancient Egypt was its grandest yet – an era of economic enterprise, domestic beautification and military expansion
What happened next? • Following the end of the New Kingdom and its final golden age, what was next for this ancient civilisation?
Power of the pharaoh • Over the course of more than 30 different dynasties, the rulers of ancient Egypt became both conquerors of the world and conduits of the gods
Djoser
Symbols of a pharaoh • Exuding wealth and power was a key part of pharaonic propaganda. Here are just a few of the items that did the job for them
Thutmose III
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
The lives of Egyptian queens
Tutankhamun
Cleopatra’s ruthless rise to power • How the middle daughter of a despised pharaoh fought, schemed and seduced her way to becoming the most famous Egyptian ruler of all
A husband & two lovers
Five myths unravelled
All in the family • Follow Cleopatra’s family tree and discover just how close-knit the Ptolemies really were…
End of an Era
Alexander: Liberator of Egypt • A shrewd and far-sighted ruler or a pitiless warlord, Alexander the Great’s military prowess led him to conquer the powerful kingdom of Egypt
His Egyptian successor
Darius III, King of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt
Alexandria, 250 BCE • Experience the vibrant pace and diverse culture of the ancient world’s most prosperous city, where many different cultures coexisted
The mighty Ramesses II • Immortalised in legend and poetry as Ozymandias, king of kings, Ramesses II was arguably the greatest and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire
Wives and offspring
The warrior pharaoh
Ramesses’ greatest constructions
Nefertiti: Behind the beauty • The chiselled features and perfect proportions of her limestone bust is recognised the world over. But who was the woman behind the masterpiece?
Egypt’s female pharaohs • Most of the ancient rulers were men, but a few women became the empire’s most powerful individuals
The search for Nefertiti • Discovered in 1898, could the female mummy of tomb KV35 belong to the famous Egyptian queen?
Peace & prosperity of Amenhotep III • In a time of relative peace, the son of Thutmose IV led Egypt to a zenith of political and economic power. His name was Amenhotep III
Amun vs Aten
Queen Tiye: Ruling as two
Hatshepsut: the queen who became king • After decades of stability, Egypt once again found itself in crisis when one woman decided to shatter the status quo
The 18th Dynasty family tree
The search for Hatshepsut’s mummy...