The final chapter in the definitive, threevolume history of the worlds first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boyking Tutankhamun and the allconquering Ramesses II. But heroes do not forge history by themselves. This was also a time of international trade, cultural exchange and sophisticated art, even in the face of violent change.Alongside his visionary new history of this, the most famous period in the long history of Ancient Egypt, Romer turns a critical eye on Egyptology itself. Paying close attention to the evidence, he corrects prevailing narratives which cast the New Kingdom as an imperial state power in the European mould. Instead, he reveals through broken artefacts in ruined workshops, or preserved letters between a tombbuilder and his son a culture more beautiful and beguiling than we could have imagined.Romer carefully reconstructs the real story of the New Kingdom as evidenced in the archaeological record, and the result the final volume of a lifelong project secures his status as Ancient Egypts finest chronicler.

Binding: Paperback;704 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: HBJF1; Weight: 628 g; Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 30

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