The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt.

Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Urban Life in Ancient Egypt -- Part I: The Rise of the City -- What is a City? -- The Origins of Urbanism in Egypt -- The Location of Cities -- Building the City -- Egyptian Words for Towns and Cities -- Estimating Population -- Part II: Cities for Kings and Gods -- Palaces -- Fortified Cities -- Temple and City -- Part III: Cities for People -- City Government -- Towns and Houses of the Middle Kingdom -- Towns and Houses of the New Kingdom -- Country Houses -- Community Centres -- Feeding and Supplying the City -- Working Life -- Water and Sanitation -- Schools -- Crime in the City -- Leisure -- Tourism -- Death in the City -- Part IV: Graeco-Roman Egypt -- The Classical City in Egypt -- Alexandria ad Aegyptum -- The Faiyum in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Middle Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Part V: Gazetteer of Cities and Towns of Ancient Egypt -- Elephantine and Aswan -- Southern Egypt -- Thebes -- The Theban/Coptite Region -- Middle Egypt -- Amarna - The Complete City? -- Other Middle Egyptian Cities -- The Faiyum -- Memphis - The Shifting City -- Heliopolis - City of the Sun -- The Memphite Region -- The Delta -- Cities of the Canopic Branch -- Cities of the Rosetta Branch -- Cities of the Damietta Branch -- Cities of the Pelusiac Branch -- Fortress-Towns of the Eastern Delta and Wadi Tumilat -- Northern Sinai -- The Oases -- The Mediterranean Coast -- Nubia -- Epilogue - Lost Cities -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright.

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