Author: Baer, Klaus.
Title: Rank and Title in the Old Kingdom [Midway Reprint].
Description: Chicago University of Chicago Press, 1974. Reprint ed. Paperback octavo, good condition, charts, red covers little toned & faded (edges little rubbed), edges & pages lightly toned, corner tips covers rubbed, spine faded & creased, light foxing edges, owner's name & details title page. 310 pp. Looks below the surface of the highly stereotyped and uniformative texts of the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt, and detects some of the details of the historical development of Egypt at the time. Using the ranking sequences and datings obtained from the study of the most common titles, the author proceeds to a special consideration of the priests of the Memphite God Ptah and of the royal pyramids. Using this method he comes to important conclusions about the history of these religious institutions and their political implications. ISBN: 0226034127

Keywords: archaeology, archeology, ancient history, government, middle east, egypt 0226034127


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