The British Museum dictionary of Ancient Egypt

by Ian Shaw

This successful and highly-esteemed British Museum reference work is now republished in a new pocket-sized edition. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides clear explanations and descriptions of the important ideas, events and personalities throughout four thousand years of Egyptian civilization. More than 600 extensively cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed A-Z entries provide detailed information on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Nubia during the pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Each entry is followed by a bibliography. The dictionary is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, site plans and maps.

Genres: History, Egypt, Nonfiction, Reference, Egyptology, Archaeology, Mythology

328 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Dr. Ian Shaw (born 1961) is an Egyptologist and Reader in Egyptian archaeology at the University of Liverpool.

His field work was largely focused in el-Amarna, but in recent times, he has done extensive excavations of mining and quarrying sites from many different Ancient Egyptian periods. He primarily focuses his recent work on methods and mechanics of Egyptian craftsmen and laborers. However, he has produced several works regarding ancient Egyptian warfare; a topic that had long been ignored or only briefly commented on by other researchers.

Besides writing original books, he also has edited several "dictionaries" of Ancient Egypt (which might more correctly be labeled "encyclopedias"; they are in no way lexicons).

Reviews

[Ashleigh Gunty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only thing I wish it had was more detail about the gods and goddesses but this is an excellent first ancient Egyptian dictionary that I got at the age of 11 when we visited the British Museum and I cried at artwork for the very first time in my life and it wasn't even the Rosetta Stone, it was the statue of the Geoffrey's Cat.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ancient Egypt is quite possibly the most popular historical time-line to date. This book has some of the most up to date research at time of puplication, with one or to updates requiering some amending.

Highly recommended.

[Andreas Schmidt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessante come infarinatura generale, forse testo un po' datato.

[Ellen Niehoff]

Nicholson, P., & Shaw, I. (2003). The dictionary of ancient Egypt. New York: Harry N.
Abrams.

Ellen Niehoff

Call number: DT58 .S55 2008x

This reference dictionary is an A-Z guide to the Egypt and its ancient civilization.

Ancient Egypt is studied in AP World History and also in African History. This book would work with any student enrolled in one of those classes.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very useful reference book and a stand alone book in its own right, easy to find specific subjects/objects/people and easy to read, not overly complex given the subject matter