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This essential handbook on ancient Egypt â both a highly readable popular history and a unique work of reference â is now available in paperback.
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Peter A. Clayton is an Egyptologist, archaeologist and numismatist who has excavated at sites in England and Egypt. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, heads a number of archaeological societies, and is an Honorary Member of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He edits Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, and is the author of many articles and several books on Egypt, including the widely praised Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has been translated into nearly 20 languages thus far and is in my opinion the best book ever written on the pharaohs. Peter A. Clayton is a member of the Society of Antiquaries in Burlington House, Piccadilly, and regularly gives lectures on tours in Egpyt. The layout of the book is wonderfully intuitive and Chronicle of the Pharaohs is one of the most consulted books in my own personal library as a general reference tool on Egypt and the Pharaohs. Especially useful is that Clayton provides the most important cartouches next to the name of each Pharaoh, something which, e.g. the very weak British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt does not do.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO EGYPT I PURCHASED THE ABOVE BOOK AND I MUST SAY I AM FINDING IT A BRILLIANT AND INFORMATIVE READ.IT GIVES INFO ON ALL THE PHAROHS FROM THE FIRST DYNASTY,EXPLAINING THE HISTORY OF WHAT IS KNOWN,COMPLETE WITH CARTOUCHES FOR EACH,AND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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The Chronicle of the Pharaohs is a lovely book with plenty of illustrations and diagrams. It is published by Thames and Hudson who I associate with well produced Art books and this is no exception.
There is so much to learn about Egyptology. Once you understand one small thing and look deeper there is more to learn and so it goes on. I have a number of general guides to Egypt including the excellent Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Malek Atlas of Ancient Egypt but they do not go into much detail about the individual Pharaohs. The Chronicle of the Pharaohs does just that. One of the most useful inclusions is the illustrations of the Cartouches of the Birth Names and Throne names. These occur many times on the temples and once you learn a few of them it makes understanding the history more enjoyable.
I would have liked to see a full breakdown of the Hieroglyphs of the names rather than what I consider a simple translation. For example: the Birth Name of Ramesses II is given as Ra-messes (Mery-amun) - "Re has Fashioned Him, Beloved of Amun". It is not clear what each Hieroglyph means. Giving the transliteration (something like r~-mss hk}-iwnw ) would be a great help.
So I need to investigate more and have bought another book to help me with this. Middle Egyptian by James P Allen. Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
In summary The Chronicle of the Pharaohs is an excellent book to help learn about the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
There is so much to learn about Egyptology. Once you understand one small thing and look deeper there is more to learn and so it goes on. I have a number of general guides to Egypt including the excellent Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Malek Atlas of Ancient Egypt but they do not go into much detail about the individual Pharaohs. The Chronicle of the Pharaohs does just that. One of the most useful inclusions is the illustrations of the Cartouches of the Birth Names and Throne names. These occur many times on the temples and once you learn a few of them it makes understanding the history more enjoyable.
I would have liked to see a full breakdown of the Hieroglyphs of the names rather than what I consider a simple translation. For example: the Birth Name of Ramesses II is given as Ra-messes (Mery-amun) - "Re has Fashioned Him, Beloved of Amun". It is not clear what each Hieroglyph means. Giving the transliteration (something like r~-mss hk}-iwnw ) would be a great help.
So I need to investigate more and have bought another book to help me with this. Middle Egyptian by James P Allen. Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
In summary The Chronicle of the Pharaohs is an excellent book to help learn about the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
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