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Title: Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt by A. Rosalie David ISBN: 0-19-513215-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Helpful Reference or Beginner's Guide
Comment: HANDBOOK TO LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT is a very helpful reference and the revised edition gives the most up-to-date information. It really is more like an encyclopedia. It is not necessary to be read cover to cover as such, although the reader can do so. It is divided up into 12 chapters covering 12 different topics. Some of the information, if pertinent, overlaps in the chapters, but is put there for completeness. The chapters are: 1 - Egyptology, Archaeology and Scientific Mummy Studies in Egypt; 2 - Historical Background; 3-Geography of Ancient Egypt; 4 - Society and Government; 5 - Religion of the Living; 6-- Funerary Beliefs and Customs; 7 - Architecture and Building; 8-- Written Evidence; 9-- The Army and Navy; 10 -- Foreign Trade and Transport; 11 - Economy and Industry; and 12 -- Everyday Life. There are also a Chronological Table, a List of Museums with Egyptian Collections, a Bibliography and an Index included.
This is a helpful reference for anyone and is especially useful to the person just beginning to learn about Ancient Egypt.
Rating: 4
Summary: Kemet.org Book Review Posted!
Comment: A wonderful book to replace the very outdated and patently racist "Life in Ancient Egypt" by Erman, David's coffee-table book about the worldview and culture of the ancient Egyptians is quite nice. Be aware of a tendency to read certain portions of Egyptian life as "coming from an outside source" (an oblique reference to the outdated "Dynastic Race Theory" that, sadly, still seems to be held to by some British archaeologists). Otherwise factual, useful, and filled with an excellent bibliography.
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Title: Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece by Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins ISBN: 019512491X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins ISBN: 0195123328 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing by Ann Macy Roth, Karl-Theodor Zauzich ISBN: 0292798040 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Selections from the Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by Maulana Karenga ISBN: 0943412064 Publisher: Univ of Sankore Pr Pub. Date: June, 1989 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods by Dimitri Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks, G. M. Goshgarian ISBN: 0801482488 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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