Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Name: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 9780801866012

ISBN-10: 0801866014

ISBN-13: 9780801866012

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Lionel Casson

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Lionel Casson offers a comprehensive introduction to the people of ancient Egypt. He describes the structure of Egyptian society--the levels from peasant to pharaoh, the nature of the family, and the role of women. He reviews the professions, from the lowliest scribes to the architects and engineers who built the pyramids, and examines the work of sculptors, painters, cabinetmakers, jewelers, and smiths whose hands turned out the sculptures, murals, and objects of beauty that are so prized today. He deals with that key factor in Egyptian life, religion: the nature of the gods; the powerful role played by belief in the afterlife; and the career of one pharaoh, Akhenaten, who attempted to put…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 5/25/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Lionel Casson, professor emeritus of classics at New York University has written many books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel.



List of Illustrations


Preface



The New Kingdom



The Social Pyramid



The Family



Women



On the Farm



At Leisure



The Professions



Fine Craftsmen



Religion



A Maverick Pharaoh



The Afterlife



Travel



Egypt under Non-Egyptians


Epilogue



Chronological Table


Abbreviations


Notes


Index