Ancient Egypt: a very short introduction

Introduction : the story so far

Discovering and inventing : constructing ancient Egypt

History : building chronologies and writing histories

Writing : the origins and implications of hieroglyphs

Kingship : stereotyping and the "oriental despot"

Identity : issues of ethnicity, race, and gender

Death : mummification, dismemberment, and the cult of Osiris

Religion : Egyptian gods and temples

Egyptomania : the recycling and reinventing of Egypt's icons and images.