By providing a definitive transcription and an English version of hundreds of historical records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in stone, the author makes accessible the details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and such aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization.

A herculean assemblage of primary documents, many of which have deteriorated to illegibility since its original publication, "Ancient Records of Egypt" illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost civilization.

v. 1. The first through the seventeenth dynasties -- v. 2. The eighteenth dynasty -- v. 3. The nineteenth dynasty -- v. 4. The twentieth to the twenty-sixth dynasties -- v. 5. Supplementary bibliographies and indices.