Encounters With Ancient Egypt: Complete Set(Encounters with Ancient Egypt)

The discipline of Egyptology has been criticized for being too insular, with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example, Egyptologists and Africanists have rarely considered the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. The Complete Set of Encounters with Ancient Egypt is a series of eight books, which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in Archaeology, Egyptology, Anthropology, Architecture, Design and History. This is an indispensable acquisition in any library.

Table of Contents:
The Box Set is made up of the following titles:* Ancient Egypt in Africa* Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte: Imperialism Colonialism and modern appropriations* Ancient Perspectives on Egypt* Consuming Ancient Egypt* Mysterious Lands* The wisdom of Egypt: Changing Visions through the Ages* Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture* Never had the liked occurred': Egypt's view of its past

About the Author :
Peter Ucko is former Director of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Review :
'The series is well organized, informative and comprehensive. Through careful analysis of a multiplicity of sources at hand, the authors, who come from a great variety of disciplines, have presented us with a series that is at once substantial as well as engaging and innovative. An extraordinary work of synthesis, the series promises to endure as an important contribution to the study of Ancient Egypt.' Ronald J Leprohon, University of Toronto 'This set of books is really excellent. They cover aspects of Ancient Egypt which I would perhaps never have considered or even thought I might be interested in - but the eight titles have proved me wrong and the publishers and all the contributors are to be congratulated on what is really a massive work and contribution to our, and our predecessors, understanding of Ancient Egypt. All the chapters are relatively short, well-written and illustrated. This means that any volume can be picked up at random and one can dive into a chapter, which can easily be read in one sitting. These are volumes that will be well used over the coming years and, collectively, they give a view of the Ancient Egyptians and how they saw themselves, but mainly their tremendous influence on other cultures, both contemporary and also others, long after the Ancient Egyptian civilisation ended, right up to the present day.' Ancient Egypt Magazine