The People of the Cobra Province in Egypt: A Local History, 4500 to 1500 BC

by Wolfram Grajetzki

The book delivers a history from below for the first half of Egyptian history covering the earliest settlements, state formation and the pyramid age. The focus is on the Wadjet province, about 350 km south of modern Cairo in Upper Egypt. Here archaeological records provide an especially rich dataset for the material culture of farmers. Histories of Ancient Egypt have focussed heavily on the kings, monuments and inscriptions, while the working population...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789254213
• ISBN13: 9781789254211
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.5"