Salima Ikram

Ancient Egypt

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A cornerstone introduction for the study of ancient Egypt, with an overview of geography, history, society, religion and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 186mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780521859073
• ISBN-10: 0521859077
• Artikelnr.: 25853887

Autorenporträt

Salima Ikram is Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. An archaeologist of ancient Egypt, she is the author of several scholarly and popular books, including, most recently, Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt, Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt, and, with A. M. Dodson, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The black and the red: geography and environment
2. Travellers, thieves, and scholars: the history of Egyptology and Egyptomania
3. Recreating Ancient Egypt: sources and methodologies
4. Shadows in the sand: Egypt's past
5. Maintaining Egypt: religion
6. Kings and commoners: Egyptian society and government
7. Town and country life
8. From sunrise to sunset: daily life of the Ancient Egyptians
9. The living and the dead: mummies, tombs, and mortuary.