The first professionally trained American Egyptologists were latecomers, arriving in Egypt only around the turn of the twentieth century, decades after their European counterparts. Within a short time, however, they had a dramatic impact on the discipline, revolutionizing archaeological field techniques and reshaping our knowledge of this complex ancient civilization. This volume, which includes essays by ten distinguished Egyptologists, clearly defines the American contribution to this intriguing field of study.

It aims to place the achievements of American Egyptologists into a broader context, with essays on 10 successive periods of Egyptian and Nubian cultural history, from the Pre-Dynastic era to Roman times.

* The American Contribution to an Understanding of Prehistoric Egypt - Kent R. Weeks
* Epigraphic and Archaeological Documentation of Old Kingdom Tombs and Monuments at Giza and Saqqara - Edward Brovarski
* The American Discovery of Middle Kingdom Texts - James P. Allen
* The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Work at the Middle Kingdom Sites of Thebes and Lisht - Dorothea Arnold
* The American Archaeological Focus on Ancient Palaces en Temples of the New Kindom - David O'Connor
* New Kingdom Epigraphy - Lanny Bell
* Some American Contributions to the Understanding of Third Intermediate and Late Period Egypt - Richard A. Fazzini
* From Dusk to Dawn: The American Discovery of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt - Robert S. Bianchi
* The Archaeology of Bronze Age Nubia - Peter Lacovara
* The American Discovery of Meroitic Nubia and the Sudan - Timothy Kendall