Editor's Introduction p.

vii
Preface p. viii
Ancient Egyptian History as an Example of Punctuated Equilibrium: An Outline p. 1
Economic Implications of the Menkaure Triads p. 18
Did the Old Kingdom Collapse? A New View of the First Intermediate Period p. 60
The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho's Aegyptiaca p. 76

The Entextualization of the Pyramid Texts and the Religious History of the Old Kingdom p. 200

Shareholders: The Menkaure Valley Temple Occupation in Context p. 227

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition Contributions to Old p. 315
Kingdom History at Giza: Some Rights and Wrongs
Cattle, Kings and Priests: Phyle Rotations and Old Kingdom Civil Dates p. 337
The Serf-Festival of Niuserra and the Fifth Dynasty Sun Temples p. 366
The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty p. 393
The Old Kingdom Abroad: An Epistemological Perspective With Remarks on the Biography
p. 429
of Iny and the Kingdom of Dugurasu
The Dawn of Osiris and the Dusk of the Sun-Temples: Religious History at the End of the p. 456
Fifth Dynasty
Centralized Taxation during the Old Kingdom p. 470
Index p. 497
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