The book is in like new condition. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Please see the photos. Profusely illustrated. This is a reprint of a 1927 classic by the noted French scholar and Egyptologist surveying Egyptian culture through thirty centuries. It contains many illustrations. This classic study examines influence of the Nile and climate on social development in ancient Egypt, evolution of dynasties, divine kingdoms, the earliest royal institutions, feudal period, and social revolutions. Detailed discussions of religion, art and science, gods and cults, design and construction of temples and tombs, medicine, astronomy, literature, more.

ISBN: 9780486420097