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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt

A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
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272 Seiten
Englisch
Michael O'Mara Publicationserschienen am18.10.2018
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt's religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society - from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife - and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.mehr
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KlappentextSpend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt's religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society - from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife - and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.
ZusammenfassungHave you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-78243-911-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum18.10.2018
Reihe24 Hours in Ancient History
Reihen-Nr.2
Seiten272 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht377 g
Illustrationenb/w photos and illustrations
Artikel-Nr.15790846
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Kritik
Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible. Current World Archaeologymehr

Autor

Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D. is an archaeologist and Faculty Fellow in the Division of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His work focuses on Egyptian archaeology, Polynesian archaeology, and ancient languages and scripts. His research in Egypt includes excavations in the Valley of the Kings, where he has discovered lost tombs and controversial mummies.

Ryan is the author of several books and numerous scientific and popular articles on archaeological subjects, including Ancient Egypt on Five Deben a Day, Beneath the Sands of Egypt and Ancient Egypt: The Basics.