CONTENTS

PREFACE 7

i THE ENDURING LAND 10

1 Picture Essay: M O N U M E N T S A N D GOD-KINGS 17

THE GIFT OF THE RIVER 28

2 Picture Essay: LIFE O N THE NILE 37

3 PATHWAY TO POWER
Picture Essay: T H E W A R M A C H I N E
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61

GODS AND THE AFTER-LIFE 70

4 Picture Essay: THE WORLD OF THE DEAD 81

THE PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE 92

5 Picture Essay: A LEISURED ELITE 103

6 A MAJESTIC ART
Picture Essay: THE PYRAMID BUILDERS
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129

WORKS OF THE MIND 140

7 Picture Essay: THE MESSAGE OF THE STONES 149

8 CENTURIES OF DECLINE
Picture Essay: TUTANKHAMEN'S TREASURE
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165

APPENDIX 181
Chronologies, 181; The Egyptian Pantheon, 184
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS 186
NOTE: THE ARTISTS A N D PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
OF ALL WORKS OF ART REPRODUCED IN THIS INDEX 188
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