The Pharaohs

This two-volume history surveys the rulers of ancient Egypt from the early dynasties that unified the Nile valley through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, then the later ages of divided rule, foreign dynasties, and conquest. Hart organizes the account by reign and period, pausing on pyramid builders, warrior kings, and the religious experiment of Akhenaten, and he uses monuments, inscriptions, and burial evidence to show how a king held and lost authority. Volume titles mark the shift from kingdom to empire and from dominion to conquest. The book is a narrative of successive houses, not a catalogue of tombs without text.

Bound in blue buckram with cover design in gold. Pictorial slipcase.