Tutankhamun's Trumpet and the Long, Winding Past of Ancient Egypt: Interview with Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
Tides of History
Ancient Egypt - A Very Unique Civilizational Mix
Egyptian kingship was a brilliant invention at the beginning, but it was refined and added to over the course of 3000 years so that it became an incredibly stable form of government. The ideological purpose of that activity remains in a way that is hard to be seen elsewhere. How do you maintain a model of government at the same time as being flexible to changing circumstances? That's what makes ancient Egypt so constantly fascinating.
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