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L'Égypte des pharaons. De Narmer à Dioclétien. 3150 av. J.-C.-284 apr. J.-C. Archéologie généralité ) I had to devoteOver the past thirty years, archaeological discoveries and the re examination of ancient data have profoundly renewed our knowledge of ancient Egypt. These advances now make it possible to offer a new narrative, free from the routine of cyclical history where, between the "necessarily sumptuous empires," are interspersed dark "intermediate periods marked by the seal of decadence." The sixteen chapters that make up this volume evoke as many moments in