The History of Egypt from Ancient Times to the Persian Conquest

A fundamental work by James Breasted, a professor of Egyptology and Oriental history at the University of Chicago, covers more than three thousand years of history of the greatest state of the Ancient World. Based on authentic sources—hieroglyphic writings inscribed... on the walls of temples in Amarna, Luxor, and Thebes, dedicatory and funerary inscriptions on priceless artifacts from the collection of the Cairo Museum and the largest museums in Europe, as well as examples of fine literature from the Middle and New Kingdoms—the historian traces the fates of the kings and queens of the twenty-six ruling dynasties of Egypt, creating vivid portraits of statesmen, priests, and peace-loving workers of the most mysterious civilization of antiquity.