Bard - An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 02
3. Chapter 03
4. Chapter 04
5. Chapter 05
6. Chapter 06
7. Chapter 07
8. Chapter 08
9. Chapter 09
10. Chapter 10

For Rodolfo Fattovich and the late Wallace Sellers

With much gratitude

Second Edition

Kathryn A. Bard

This edition first published 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bard, Kathryn A.
An introduction to the archaeology of Ancient Egypt / Kathryn A. Bard. Second edition.
pagescm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-67336-2 (pbk.)
1.EgyptAntiquities.2.EgyptCivilizationTo 332 B.C.3.EgyptCivilization332 B.C.-638 A.D.I.Title.
DT60.B373 2014
932dc23
2014030313

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Cover image: Wooden model of funerary boat, 20101961 BC . Middle Kingdom. 2014. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Inv. N. 21.880. All rights reserved/Scala, Florence.