Chronicle of the Pharaohs : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers and dynasties of ancient Egypt /
Clayton, Peter A.
Chronicle of the Pharaohs : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers and dynasties of ancient Egypt / Peter A. Clayton. - London : Thames and Hudson, 1994 - 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps 26 cm.
With 350 illustrations, 130 colour.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
Consists of datafiles for every pharaoh listing key information such as royal titles, place of burial,and family relationships. Discusses lives and personalities of famous kings Djoser, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ramesses the Great,and famous queens Hatsepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra with collection of protraits of all the major rulers and diagrams and plans of royal tombs and monuments. Uses timelines and other visual aids to the length of each reign,and overlapping of certain reigns. Presents tables listing genealogies,royal mummies and main events, plus special features on everything from the eight wives of Ramesses the Great to the pharaohs of the Exodus with cartouches( royal names written hieroglyphs) for each king. Egypts 170 pharaohs are documented.
500050740
Pharaohs.
DT 83 / .C579 1994
Chronicle of the Pharaohs : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers and dynasties of ancient Egypt / Peter A. Clayton. - London : Thames and Hudson, 1994 - 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps 26 cm.
With 350 illustrations, 130 colour.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
Consists of datafiles for every pharaoh listing key information such as royal titles, place of burial,and family relationships. Discusses lives and personalities of famous kings Djoser, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ramesses the Great,and famous queens Hatsepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra with collection of protraits of all the major rulers and diagrams and plans of royal tombs and monuments. Uses timelines and other visual aids to the length of each reign,and overlapping of certain reigns. Presents tables listing genealogies,royal mummies and main events, plus special features on everything from the eight wives of Ramesses the Great to the pharaohs of the Exodus with cartouches( royal names written hieroglyphs) for each king. Egypts 170 pharaohs are documented.
500050740
Pharaohs.
DT 83 / .C579 1994
