Ancient Egyptian Kingship
Edited by David O'Connor and David P. Silverman
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Biographical note
David P. Silverman, Ph.D. (1975) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Chicago, is Professor of Egyptology and Graduate Group Chair at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Egyptian Section of the University Museum. He has published widely on ancient Egyptian language, grammar, art and religion, including Religion in Ancient Egypt (1991).
David O'Connor, Ph.D. (1969) in Egyptology from Cambridge University, is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator in charge of the Egyptian Section of the University Museum. He has published widely on ancient Egyptian archaeology, architecture, urbanism and history, including Ancient Egypt: A Social History (1983).
David O'Connor, Ph.D. (1969) in Egyptology from Cambridge University, is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator in charge of the Egyptian Section of the University Museum. He has published widely on ancient Egyptian archaeology, architecture, urbanism and history, including Ancient Egypt: A Social History (1983).
Readership
All those interested in ancient history, ancient Egypt, art historians, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, and archaeologists.
Reviews
'In sum, this volume will stimulate discussion and will be a reference tool for many years to come.'
Edward Bleiberg, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1998.
Edward Bleiberg, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1998.
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