Facsimile edition of Naguib Kanawati's 1977 authoritative assessment of the trends in the wealth of Old Kingdom officials based on analysis of the costliness of their tombs, and how this might reflect the long-believed economic decline.
Naguib Kanawati is Distinguished Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Ancient History and Director of the Australian Centre for Egyptology Macquarie University Sydney. He obtained his PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University and has spent his career teaching Egyptian archaeology in New Zealand and Australian universities, specialising in the Old and Middle Kingdoms. He holds a Centenary Medal 'for services to the Australian society and the humanities in the study of archaeology', and the Order of Australia.
