John Romer

Sheds light upon ancient Egyptian burial customs and beliefs pertaining to life after death.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

In this engaging and ambitious work, John Romer aims to refocus the gaze of the non-specialist away from the Pharaonic period (about which there are any number of popular histories) onto the Neolithic, and the growth of a centralised Egyptian state. He traces fifteen hundred years of development, from the emergence of farming communities along the route of the Nile to the creation of the sophisticated administrative, transport and supply systems which allowed the construction of the Great Pyramid. His approach is avowedly archaeological, aiming to get away from the priviledging of textual court-focused history, and stressing the role and lives of the ordinary peoples of Egypt.

From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid

A History of Ancient Egypt

Reconstructs ancient Egyptian way of life through material unearthed at the excavations of a tiny Egyptian village located in a desert outside Thebes.

Daily Life in Egypt of the Pharaohs

Ancient Lives

The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakers (Phoenix Press)

Elizabeth Romer

Discusses the impact of archaeology on knowledge of ancient history, describes the work of renowned archaeologists, and includes photographs of artifacts.

The History of Archaeology

The first volume of a history of the earliest days of ancient Egypt challenges popular archaeological understandings to chronicle the ancient world's first agricultural practices through the construction of the pyramids.

from the first farmers to the Great Pyramid

A history of ancient Egypt

In telling the story of the Bible's birth and journey from ancient East to modern West, Romer explores legendary characters of the Old and New Testaments and depicts biblical sites whose names have resounded throughout history. (A) panorama worth viewing.--New York Times Book Review. Illustrations.

The Bible and History

Testament

Howard Carter

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun is a landmark in archaeological history and an event which yielded a treasure of unimaginable significance. On November 4, 1922, Howard Carter found the first sign of what proved to be Tutankhamun's tomb, but it was not until November 26 that a second sealed doorway was reached and the tomb breached after more than 3,000 years of undisturbed rest. Carter's diary, reprinted here, captures the drama of the moment of discovery and details the events which led up to the unearthing of the boy king, as well as the key events of the decade-long excavation project that followed. This new edition is introduced by distinguished Egyptologist John Romer, who reappraises Carter's achievement and places it within current attitudes towards the discovery and removal of archaeological finds.

The Tomb of Tutankhamun

With the discovery of Carbon 14 dating in the 19th century, prehistory was brought to life and fixed dates for objects from the most ancient past became a reality. Accompanying a TV series, this book tells the story of the major discoveries of the past and the methods used in their recovery.

John Romer's History of Archaeology

Great Excavations

This definitive, multi-volume history of the world's first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the past Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand narratives of nineteenth and twentieth-century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel monarchs and chronic war. Instead, based in part on discoveries of the past two decades, this extraordinary account shows what we can really learn from the remaining architecture, objects and writing: a history based on physical reality.

John Romer

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