The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, Toby Wilkinson
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, Toby Wilkinson
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

Author: Toby Wilkinson

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 18 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/12/2017

Synopsis

In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire—three thousand years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters.

Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and repression that were its foundations. Drawing upon forty years of archaeological research, Wilkinson takes us inside an exotic tribal society with a pre-monetary economy and decadent, divine kings who ruled with all-too-recognizable human emotions.

Riveting and revelatory, filled with new information and unique interpretations, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt will become the standard source about this great civilization, one that lasted—so far—longer than any other.

About Toby Wilkinson

Toby Wilkinson earned a degree in Egyptology from the University of Cambridge, and is the recipient of several prestigious awards given in his field. He has published nine books, and received the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. He has appeared on radio and television as an expert on ancient Egyptian civilization and is a member of the international editorial board of the Journal of Egyptian History. Since 2003, he has been a Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge. He lives in Suffolk, England.

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Goodreads review by Anastasia on November 07, 2011

At the end of this week I’m leaving on a long planned trip to Egypt, one that will take me from the Great Pyramid at Giza in the north to the temple of Abu Simbel in the south, from Lower Egypt to Upper Egypt. And just to confuse you the former is the north and the latter the south! It’s the ancient......more

Goodreads review by Marta on June 06, 2023

Toby Wilkinson manages what I thought was impossible: making the fascinating history of ancient Egypt into a boring recital of what king after king has done. Granted, putting 3000 years into the pages of one reasonably sized tome is no small task: you inevitably have to edit. But what you put in sho......more

Goodreads review by Brian on October 21, 2022

I had thought of ancient Egypt as a roughly 3,000-year span of almost timeless tradition, unfolding in relative peace and isolation. But Wilkinson gives a long, eventful, detailed account, focused on the dramas of political intrigue, civil war, and unchecked egomania among the elites. Rather than pr......more

Goodreads review by James on February 04, 2015

Despite its length, and the claims on the jacket flap, this book is definitely a popularization and not (as I had hoped it might be) a more up to date replacement for the earlier standard histories, such as the one author book by Nicolas Grimal or the collaborative Oxford history edited by Ian Shaw.......more

Goodreads review by Terence on October 03, 2011

By its nature The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt skips over a lot of history but as an introduction to the five-millennia-long history of Egypt - up to the Roman conquest in 31 BC - Toby Wilkinson's effort excels. If you want to know the details of a particular era, the book's near-80 pages of notes......more

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