Egyptology

Egyptology: The Missing Millennium brings together for the first time the disciplines of Egyptology and Islamic Studies, seeking to overturn the conventional opinion of Western scholars that Moslims/Arabs had no interest in pre-Islamic cultures. This book examines a neglected period of a thousand years in the history of Egyptology, from the Moslem annexation of Egypt in the seventh century CE until the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century.

Authored by El Daly, Okasha

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Making of an Interpretatio Arabica of Ancient Egypt; Chapter 3 Treasure Hunting; Chapter 4 Medieval Arab Archaeological Methods and Descriptions; Chapter 5 Medieval Arab Attempts to Decipher Ancient Egyptian Scripts; Chapter 6 Medieval Arabic Concepts of Ancient Egyptian Religion; Chapter 7 Egyptian Mummia, Mummification and Burial Practices in Medieval Arabic Sources; Chapter 8 Egyptian Science in Medieval Arabic Sources; Chapter 9 Egyptian Kingship and State Administration; Chapter 10 Conclusions;