Ancient Egypt : an introduction /

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Main Author: Ikram, Salima.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Call Number: DT61 .I45 2010

Table of Contents:
  • The black and the red : geography and environment
  • Travellers, thieves, and scholars : the history of Egyptology and Egyptomania
  • Re-creating ancient Egypt : sources and methodologies
  • Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past
  • Maintaining Egypt : religion
  • Kings and commoners : Egyptian society and government
  • Town life and country life
  • From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians
  • The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, and mortuary cults.