Growing up and Getting Old in Ancient Egypt

Name: Growing up and Getting Old in Ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 9780955025693

ISBN-10: 0955025699

ISBN-13: 9780955025693

Edition: 2007

Authors: Rosalind M. Janssen, Jac J. Janssen

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Thirty represented old age in Ancient Egypt, yet in this book Egyptologists Rosalind and Jac. Janssen consider a wealth of life course transitions from birth to death. Prominent among these are going to school, puberty rituals, marriage, divorce, retirement, and even drawing a pension. The authors' familiarity with both ancient hieratic texts and gerontological theory makes Growing up and Getting old in Ancient Egypt a unique volume with wide appeal in our present era of demographic change.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Golden House Publications
Publication date: 12/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 305
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Preface



Growing up



Pregnancy and Birth



The Baby



The Infant Dressed and Groomed



The Realm of Childhood



Games



The Schoolboy



Transition to Adulthood



Adolescence and Marriage



The Royal Child



The Companions of the Prince



Society's Perceptions of the Younger Generation



Getting Old


Acknowledgements


Preface


Introduction: Gerontology



Perceptions of the Older Generation



The Aged in Art



Mummies and Medicine



Households and Inheritance



The Ancestors



The Real and the Ideal Lifetime



The 'Staff of Old Age'



The 'God's Father'



Care of the Elderly



Old Age Pensions



Long-lived Kings



Aged Administrators


Postscript: A Centenarian Egyptologist


Map of Ancient Egypt


List of Museums


Select Bibliography


List of Tombs at Thebes


Index


The Authors