<DIV><DIV><P><I>The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt</I> provides a lively and accessible introduction to ancient Egyptian life for general readers and students. The nearly independent chapters provide a comprehensive survey of ancient Egypt and its rich and well-documented culture. In addition to individual chapter bibliographies there is a general bibliography, an annotated list of important museum collections, a king list with a selected set of illustrated royal cartouches, and a general index.</P><P>Highlights include:<br><UL><LI>Lively overviews distilled from the latest discoveries and research<BR><LI>Maps, plans, reconstruction drawings, chronologies, site lists and recommendations for further reading<BR><LI>Hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations</LI></UL><P></P><P>T.G.H. James is a former Keeper of the Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan in the British Museum and is the author of several books on Egypt and Egyptology, including <I>Pharoah's People: Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt</I>; <I>Howard Carter</I>; <I>Tutankhamun</I>; and others.</P></DIV></DIV>