Seven essays by historians, art historians, archaeologists, and Egyptologists survey views of ancient Egypt in classical times, Medieval Arabic writings, the Latin Middle Ages, the Renaissance, England in the 17th and 18th centuries, and archaeology and anthropology in the 19th and 20 centuries. An introduction summarizes. Some of the eight volumes in the series focus on views of ancient Egypt during particular periods or in relation to specific events. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR