This new and meticulous reference work includes an alphabetized list of all the known pharaohs up to the end of the Twentieth Dynasty. Each entry includes Entries include a brief biography of the reign, the tomb location and number (if known), the location of known mummies, the chief consorts (if known), the hieroglyphs and transliterations of each form of the pharaoh’s name, and pertinent bibliographical references. In addition, the encyclopedia contains a glossary of commonly-used terms, an index of Greek forms of names and variant spellings, a list of apocryphal kings of the Fourteenth Dynasty, the royal titulary, and a chronological king list by dynasty.
Darrell D. Baker studied ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, and language at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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