HISTORY OF EGYPT CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA: In the light of recent discovery - This re-printed work was originally published in 1906 and was jointly written by Leonard King and Henry Hall, both of the department of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum. Their synthesis of what was currently known of the history of the Near East and Egypt came at a time when intensive excavation was bringing to light significant new material every year, and opinions and interpretations were in a constant state of revision. The two men had experience of excavation in Assyria and Egypt, and King had already edited several books of cuneiform texts, so they were therefore ideally placed to produce an overarching history of the area. The highly illustrated work begins with 'the discovery of prehistory', describing recent finds of stone tools and other material in Egypt, and ends with the decline of the Babylonian and Egyptian empires.

Condition: Good (this is a modern re-print) - Authors: Leonard King and Henry Hall - Printer: Echo Library - Pages: 272 - paperback