Explore the cultural wealth of the Egyptian civilization, in a series of authoritative essays based on the latest theories and discoveries.

The gift of the Nile / Fekri Hassan -- Three kingdoms and thirty-four dynasties / William J. Murname -- Egypt and the world beyond / Donald B. Redford -- The wealth of the land / Fekri Hassan -- The settled world / Ian Shaw -- Women in Egypt / Gay Robins -- The boundaries of knowledge / Christopher Eyre -- The lord of the two lands / David P. Silverman -- The celestial realm / James P. Allen -- The cult of the dead / Robert K. Ritner -- The life of ritual / Emily Teeter -- The pyramids / Zahi Hawass -- Tombs and temples / Peter der Manuelian -- Egyptian art / Rita Freed -- Signs, symbols, and language / David P. Silverman.