INTRODUCTION
I. BASIC ELEMENTS OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE
Physical setting
The Nile
Agriculture
Cattle-raising and hunting
Trees
Mineral resources and stone
"The Two Lands"
Ethnic composition
Religious beliefs
Fetish
Divine animals
Cosmic forces
Magic
II. THE PREHISTORIC ERA
Finds
Tasa, Merimde, 4th millenium B.C., Badarian culture
Nagada I
Nagada II
Writing
Hieroglyphs
Hieratic script, Demotic script, Coptic script and deciphering of hieroglyphs
Calendar
Nile year and Sothic periods
Chronology
Written sources
III. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD
Historical survey
Thinites Ist and IInd Dynasties
Monarchy
Religion
After-life
IV. TOMBS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE ARCHAIC PERIOD
The Archaic Period
Burial places
Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
Nagada Tomb
Archaeological finds
Cosmetic palettes
Relief carvings and reliefs on stone
Sculpture
V. THE OLD KINGDOM
Historical survey
IIIrd-VIth Dynasties
VIIth-Xth Dynasties
Religion
Sacred monarchy
Cosmic deities
Doctrine of Heliopolis
Doctrine of Hermopolis
Doctrine of Memphis
Concept of the after-life
Osiris myth
VI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE OLD KINGDOM
Architecture
Zoser pyramid
Snefru and Chephren pyramids
Royal tombs of Vth Dynasty
Sun temples
Private temples
Tombs at Meidum
Giza
Sakkara
Nomarchs' tombs
Relief and painting
IVth Dynasty tombs at Meidum
Tombs at Giza
Style
Artist
Vth Dynasty
Reliefs on royal monuments
Sakkara
Reliefs from the VIth Dynasty
Sculpture in the round
IIIrd-IVth Dynasty
Vth Dynasty
Wooden carvings
VIth Dynasty
VII. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
Historical survey
Mentuhotep II
XIth-XIIth Dynasties
XIIIth-XVIIth Dynasties
Religious beliefs
VIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
Architecture
Temples
Royal tombs
Private tombs
Nomarchs' tombs
Tombs of court officials
Tombs in the delta
Relief and painting
Reliefs on royal monuments
Reliefs and paintings in private tombs
Stelae
Sculpture in the round
Sphinges
XIIIth Dynasty
Sculpture of private persons
Temple Sculpture and cloaked figures
XIIIth Dynasty
Jewellery and utensils
IX. THE NEW KINGDOM
Historical survey
XVIIIth century, Hatsheput and Thut mosis III
Amenophis III, Akhnaton and Tutankhamun
XIXth-XXIIIrd Dynasties
Monarchy and administrative system
Religion
Amun cult
Popular beliefs
Aton cult
'Hymn to the Sun'
X. ART AND ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE XVIIITH DYNASTY
Architecture
Temples at Karnak
Luxor
Amarna
Royal tombs
Reliefs and paintings of the Thutmosid era
Royal monuments
Private tombs at Thebes
Age of maturity
Amarna Period
Sculpture in the round
Thutmosid era
Royal sculpture
Private persons
Age of maturity
Amarna period
Thebes
Amarna
Models of masks
Sculpture of private persons
XI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE RAMESSID ERA
Architecture
Early XIXth Dynasty
Temples at Karnak and Abydos
Osireion
Temples of Ramses II
Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel
XXth Dynasty
Relief and painting
XIXth Dynasty
XXth Dynasty
Sculpture in the round
Crafts in the New Kingdom
Art in the Libyan period
XII. LATE PERIOD
Historical survey
Ethiopian rule
Saites
Persian rule, Delta Dynasties, Alexander the Great and Ptolemaic rule
Roman rule
Monarchy, priesthood and army
Popular beliefs
XIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE PERIOD
Architecture
Temples and tombs of private persons
Relief and painting
Sculpture in the round
Royal sculpture
Private persons
Saite period
Sculpture of private persons and bronze statuettes
XXVIIth-XXXth Dynasties
Sculpture of private persons.
XIV. ART AND ARCHITECTURE DURING THE PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN PERIODS
Architecture
Temple at Edfu
Dendera and Philae
Relief and painting
Reliefs in temples and private tombs
Roman period
Portraits on mummies
Sculpture in the round
Sculpture of private persons
NOTES
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