Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians

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Bob Brier, Hoyt Hobbs

Book Code: DCDL0313

272 pages, figs,maps,h/ts,table

GEM Online

Publication: 12/30/1999

Media Type: Database

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Explore the daily lives of ordinary people in ancient Egypt (3000 to 30 B.C.E.) through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from the temple walls of the people themselves. Students can use this unique and most up-to-date resource on the subject to examine the history of one of our oldest civilizations. Detailed descriptions of its religion, its unusual form of government, the manner of ancient work and play, its magnificent art, the reasons for its military domination, and its intellectual accomplishments are included to help recreate the time period for modern readers. Chapter one introduces the reader

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chronology
History
Religion
Government and Society
Work and Play
Food
Clothes and Other Adornments
Architecture
Arts and Crafts
Warfare
Medicine and Mathematics
Annotated Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 99-10137

LCC Class: DT61

Dewey Class: 932


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