subject: Look at the fantastic books on Egyptology to know Egypt archaeology [print this page] Egyptology serves to be a major branch of archeology which is the ancient study of Egyptian history, literature, art, religion and language from the V millennium BC to the end of the native religious activities in IV century AD. The very first Egyptologists were considered to be the ancient Egyptians. The very popular Thutmose IV helped in restoring the Sphinx with a dream which inspired restoration carved on Dream Stele. After about a period of two centuries, Prince Khaemweset, Ramesses II's fourth son got fame for restoring as well as identifying the historical buildings, temples and tombs like the famous pyramid.
Ippolito Rosellini and Jean Francois Champollion were among the first Egyptologists who gained wide appreciation and acclaim. Karl Richard Lepsius, a German, was the early participant of investigations of the ancient Egypt- it's excavating and mapping.
In the year 1830, Rifa el-Tahtawi was the main scholar who served in Egyptian Egyptology. He was greatly inspired by works of the Muslim Egyptologists in the medieval Egyptian period, though the modern Egyptologists grew slowly as compared to their Western counterparts mainly due to their Islamic identity.
In order to know about ancient Egypt, it is better to get the Egyptology books available easily in the market. The "Experiments in Egyptian Archeology: Stoneworking Technology in Ancient Egypt" is a nice work by Denys A. Stocks. The 263 pages volume examines the pictorial as well as the archaeological evidence of stonework in Egypt. Through a set of experiments, the writer evaluates about 200 replica and reconstructed tools and brings alive various practices and methods of ancient Egyptian craft, highlighting the advances made by the great Egyptian civilization.
Also, the Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt: A Modern Investigation of Pharaoh's Workforce' by A.R. David is an archaeology book on Egyptology. The Egyptian builders of Pyramids are taken to be as ordinary and simple people who are engaged in building the tomb for Pharaoh. This book is indeed a detective story that brings to the reader a great picture of a community which resided in Egypt and made one of the pyramids about 4000 years ago.
Another Egypt archeology book worth mentioning is The City In Roman and Byzantine Egypt by Richard Alston is fro all those who wish to know about the Roman city. In this book, we are not just restricted to history of public faces of the cities, the inscriptions and writings of elites, but can understand what transformations of city actually meant for the simple people and also unveil the forces which actually shaped the ordinary lives of city dwellers. After Egypt became the part and parcel of Roman Empire in the 30 BC, Christian and Classical influences made a mark on urban environment. And this book thus examines the overall influence and impact of the new cultures in the Egyptian society.
Last but not least, other books of Egyptology include the Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The wide heritage of Egyptian Museum in Cairo is provided in all the unparalleled glory in exceptional colored pictures and text by world leading Egyptologists.
Look at the fantastic books on Egyptology to know Egypt archaeology
