Heath Julian - Archaeology Hotspot Egypt Unearthing The Past For Armchair Archaeologists - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader - friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom what the controversies and scandals have been ongoing projects and how it all fits into a broader view of the history of the country. In Archaeology Hotspot Egypt scholar Julian Heath provides a chronological overview beginning with handaxes left by Homo erectus during the Lower Paleolithic and moving onwards through pharaonic Egypt to finish in the Greco - Roman period. He covers the most interesting finds including Tutankhamen's tomb and the Rosetta Stone and profiles major personalities past and present. Current digs and recent insights on the past are also covered such as the massive tomb of KV 5 and how contemporary scientific techniques are unearthing new information about ancient Egyptian people and animals. The result is an illuminating look at the history culture national heritage and current archaeological news of Egypt a hotspot of archaeology.
Title: Archaeology Hotspot Egypt Unearthing The Past For Armchair Archaeologists
Author(s): Heath Julian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9780759124011
Pages: 220 Pages
Publication Date: 2/13/2015
Series: Archaeology Hotspots
Category: Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology