Research Guides: CLAS 11A/12A: Cultures & Ideas I and II: Ancient Spaces (Roncaglia): Egypt

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Egypt

REFERENCE BOOKS ON ANCIENT EGYPT

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt [ONLINE RESOURCE]
This multivolume encyclopedia is the major scholarly reference work in the English language about ancient Egypt. It covers Egypt from prehistoric times to the Islamic conquest in 642 CE.

The following reference books are useful for finding brief articles about aspects of life in ancient Egypt, or to delve more deeply into particular aspects of Egyptian studies.