Complete Royal Families Of Ancient Egypt [Hardcover]

Aidan Dodson (Author)

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Sep 27 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0500051283
ISBN-13: 978-0500051283
Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.8 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.5 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #583,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Books > Science > Archaeology > Egyptian
- #33 in Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Egyptian

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This groundbreaking new book illuminates the lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in politics, cultural life and religion. It ranges from the dawn of Egyptian history, when only isolated glimpses are available of the royal family, through the vast progeny of Ramesses II, and ends with the fiendishly complicated - and blood-soaked - interconnections of the Ptolemies and Cleopatras.

About the Author

Aidan Dodson is currently a Teaching Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Bristol. Among his previous books are The Mummy in Ancient Egypt and The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Dyan Hilton specializes in creating genealogies.

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Amazon.com: 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Royal Genealogy of Ancient Egypt, Feb 19 2005

By J. N. W. Bos "Joan" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Complete Royal Families Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)

This book is the most complete reference of royal genealogy in Ancient Egypt that I have ever come across. I did not expect so much detail about royals who lived thousands of years ago.
Each chapter contains
- a general description,
- an extensive genealogical tree with relationships marked as either certain, highly probable, likely or hypothetical,
- a section with short descriptions of all involved persons,
- many photographs and drawings.

Where "Chronicle of the Pharaohs" by Clayton focuses on the rulers of Ancient Egypt, Dodson and Hilton describe all their known (likely) family members.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Aidan Dodson does it again!, Nov 8 2004

By Sennefer - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Complete Royal Families Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)

Yet again Thames and Hudson's series `The Complete' comes up with a winner. Royal Families starts with an outline of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaonic State and the set up of the royal family then goes on to list over 1.300 Kings their known Queens and off springs. Royal Families is laid out in an easy to follow, dynasty-by-dynasty fashion with sections on the family tree, historical information and a fascinating section called `Brief Lives'. This later section is a who's who of all the known players on the Ancient Egyptian Royal Families stage. All in all it's an extremely interesting read suitable for academics and armchair historians alike, but then with Aidan Dodson's involvement what else would you expect.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, July 17 2005

By Kenneth A. Dailey "kadailey" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Complete Royal Families Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)

1. Easy to read.
2. Easy to understand.
3. Shockingly thorough.
4. Well researched.
5. Most complete work on Egyptian royal families that I have ever seen.

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