Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

by Aidan Dodson

Book Overview

During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions.

Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774165314
• ISBN13: 9789774165313
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"