The history of Egypt from ancient times to the Persian conquest

The fundamental work of James Brasted, - professor of Egyptology and eastern history of Chicago University, covers more than three millennia of the history of the greatest state of the ancient world. Based on genuine sources - hieroglyphic letters drawn on the walls of temples in Amarne, Luxor and Thebes, gift and funeral inscriptions on priceless artifacts from the collection of the Cairo museum and the largest museums in Europe, as well as samples of the elegant literature of the middle and new kingdoms, - the historian traps the historian The fate of the kings and queens of twenty -six ruling dynasties of Egypt creates the living portraits of statesmen, priests and peaceful workers of the most mysterious civilization of antiquity