Readership: The general reader interested in Ancient Egypt and Egpytology; students and teachers of ancient history and archaeology; museum goers
1: Introduction: the story so far 2: Discovering and inventing: constructing ancient Egypt 3: History: building chronologies and writing histories 4: Writing: the origins and implications of hieroglyphs 5: Kingship: stereotyping and the 'oriental despot' 6: Identity: issues of ethnicity, race, and gender 7: Death: mummification, dismemberment, and the cult of Osiris 8: Religion: Egyptian gods and temples 9: Egyptomania: the recylcing and reinventing of Egypt's icons and images References Further reading Useful websites Glossary Timeline Index
