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The document provides an overview of ancient Egyptian civilization including its enduring landscape, the importance of the Nile river, the rise of Egyptian power and the pharaohs, Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife and their gods, daily life of Egyptian elites, the building of pyramids, Egyptian art and literature, and the eventual decline of Egyptian civilization.

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The document provides an overview of ancient Egyptian civilization including its enduring landscape, the importance of the Nile river, the rise of Egyptian power and the pharaohs, Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife and their gods, daily life of Egyptian elites, the building of pyramids, Egyptian art and literature, and the eventual decline of Egyptian civilization.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE 7

i THE ENDURING LAND 10


1 Picture Essay: M O N U M E N T S A N D GOD-KINGS 17

THE GIFT OF THE RIVER 28


2 Picture Essay: LIFE O N THE NILE 37

3 PATHWAY TO POWER
Picture Essay: T H E W A R M A C H I N E
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61

GODS AND THE AFTER-LIFE 70


4 Picture Essay: THE WORLD OF THE DEAD 81

THE PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE 92


5 Picture Essay: A LEISURED ELITE 103

6 A MAJESTIC ART
Picture Essay: THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
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129

WORKS OF THE MIND 140


7 Picture Essay: THE MESSAGE OF THE STONES 149

8 CENTURIES OF DECLINE
Picture Essay: TUTANKHAMEN'S TREASURE
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APPENDIX 181
Chronologies, 181; The Egyptian Pantheon, 184
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS 186
NOTE: THE ARTISTS A N D PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
OF ALL WORKS OF ART REPRODUCED IN THIS INDEX 188
BOOK ARE LISTED ON PAGE 1 8 7 .

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