From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Part one. After the great pyramids : history and hieroglyphs
The story up to now : a history in pyramids
Writing changes everything
Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt": Champollion and his successors
Part three. Old Kingdom: the Giza kings, 2625-2500 BC
Part four. Old Kingdom : Abusir and after, 2500-2200 BC
Meat, bread and stone : an economy of offering
Part five. Old Kingdom : ancient records, ancient lives
The dead and the quick : processing the past
Interpreting the pyramids
Look at us! : Meet the courtiers
Part six. Interregnum, 2200-2140 BC
Part seven. Middle kingdom : remaking the state, 2140-1780 BC
Sema Towy : binding the kingdom
The materials of state : the court at work
Part eight. Middle kingdom : the re-made state, 2000-1660 BC
Epilogue : Reflections on a golden age.
