Ancient Egypt : an introduction

1. Verfasser: Ikram, Salima
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2011.
Ausgabe: Repr. ed. of 2009
Umfang/Format: xxiii, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Egypt
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.