| Description |
24 audio discs (approximately 1440 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course guidebook (iv, 171 pages ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Includes 4 containers (19 cm. ea.) with 6 CD's in each container & one course guidebook. |
| Performer |
48 lectures delivered by Bob Brier, Long Island University. |
| Contents |
part I. 1. Introduction -- 2. Prehistoric Egypt -- 3. Ancient Egyptian thought -- 4. Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology -- 5. The Rosetta Stone, and much more -- 6. The first nation in history -- 7. The rise of the Old Kingdom -- 8. Sneferu, the pyramid builder -- 9. The Great Pyramid of Giza -- 10. The end of the Old Kingdom -- 11. The First Intermediate Period -- 12. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI. |
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part II. 13. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII -- 14. The Second Intermediate Period -- 15. Joseph in Egypt -- 16. The beginning of the New Kingdom: the fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty -- 17. Queen Hatshepsut -- 18. Obelisks -- 19. Tuthmosis III, King at last -- 20. The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty rolls on -- 21. Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh -- 22. The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb -- 23. The murder of Tutankhamen, a theory -- 24. Medicine, the necessary art. |
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part III. 25. The end of Dynasty XVIII -- 26. Mummification, how we know what we know -- 27. What mummies tell us -- 28. Making a modern mummy -- 29. Dynasty XIX begins -- 30. Ramses the Great, the early years -- 31. Ramses the Great, the later years -- 32. The exodus, did it happen -- 33. The decline of Dynasty XIX -- 34. Dynasty XX, the decline continues -- 35. Ancient Egyptian magic -- 36. Dynasty XXI, Egypt divided. |
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part IV. 37. Dynasty XXII, Egypt united -- 38. Dynasty XXV, the Nubians have their day -- 39. Dynasty XXVI, the Saite period -- 40. Dynasty XXVII, the Persians -- 41. Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI, the beginning of the end -- 42. Alexander the Great -- 43. The first Ptolemies -- 44. The middle Ptolemies, the decline -- 45. Animal mummies -- 46. Cleopatra's family -- 47. Cleopatra, the last Ptolemy -- 48. The grand finale. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
A survey of the 3,000 years of Egyptian history from prehistoric times to the death of Cleopatra. |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D.
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Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
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Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565853334 |
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9781565853331 |
| Music No. |
350 Teaching Company |
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351--354 Teaching Company |
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