The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt is a comprehensive 3-volume set featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars. It covers the full social, political, religious, cultural, and artistic legacy of the 5,000 year civilization of ancient Egypt. The encyclopedia offers an illuminating and accessible detail of the Egyptian world, including art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life, and the culture of the court. It is extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps, making it accessible to students, teachers, and scholars in various fields, as well as general readers fascinated by the incompletely mapped world of ancient Egypt.