Ancient Records of Egypt, Volume 2: The Eighteenth Dynasty

by James Henry Breasted

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

, 1906

Overview

Breasted covers the events and key characters of the eighteenth Dynasty in his second volume. He focuses much of his attention on the reigns of Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, who were major players in this time period. He lists the details of Hatshepsut’s birth and coronation, as well as the many war campaigns of Thutmose III. Breasted gives great attention to the architecture of the time, including obelisks and temple inscriptions. He ends this volume with a helpful list of figures and hieroglyphics.

Product Details

• Title: Ancient Records of Egypt, Volume 2: The Eighteenth Dynasty
• Author: James Henry Breasted
• Series: Ancient Records of Egypt
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Print Publication Date: 1906
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Pages: 456
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Egypt › History--To 332 B.C.--Sources
• Resource ID: LLS:ARE02
• Resource Type: text.monograph.ancient-manuscript.translation
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:05:10Z

About James Henry Breasted

James Henry Breasted was a leading American scholar, historian, and archeologist around the turn of the nineteenth century. He focused in ancient Egyptian studies, as well as what became known as the Near East. He was a professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Haskell Oriental Museum in Chicago. He led several archeological expeditions throughout his career to Egypt and the Far East. Breasted was also among those who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.