From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Part one. After the great pyramids: history and hieroglyphs
The story up to now: a history in pyramids
Writing changes everything
Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt": Champollion and his successors
Part three. Old Kingdom: the Giza kings, 2625-2500 BC
Part four. Old Kingdom: Abusir and after, 2500-2200 BC
Meat, bread and stone: an economy of offering
Part five. Old Kingdom: ancient records, ancient lives
The dead and the quick: processing the past
Interpreting the pyramids
Look at us!: Meet the courtiers
Part six. Interregnum, 2200-2140 BC
Part seven. Middle kingdom: remaking the state, 2140-1780 BC
Sema Towy: binding the kingdom
Part eight. Middle kingdom: the re-made sate, 2000-1660 BC
Epilogue: Reflections on a golden age.
