Red land, black land daily life in ancient Egypt Barbara Mertz

By: Material type: TextLanguage: Arabic Producer: New York William Morrow 2008Edition: 2nd ed., 1st William Morrow edDescription: xxi, 410 pages., [16] p. of plates illustrations. (some col.) 24 سمContent type:
  • نص
Media type:
  • بدون وسيط
Carrier type:
  • كتاب
ISBN:
  • 0061252743
  • 9780061252747
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 932 22
LOC classification:
  • DT61 .M54 2008
Online resources: Summary: An erudite and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt, this classic work is revised and updated for a new generation. Displaying the descriptive power, eye for detail, keen insight, and wit that have made her novels bestsellers, renowned Egyptologist Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt. What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to show us the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens--and receive tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus.--From publisher description
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Books مكتبة مصر الرئيسية - Misr Main Library Adult - كبار 29 - Adult History and Geography - تاريخ وجغرافيا كبار 932 M. R, 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 8000107693

Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, 1966

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-396) and index

An erudite and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt, this classic work is revised and updated for a new generation. Displaying the descriptive power, eye for detail, keen insight, and wit that have made her novels bestsellers, renowned Egyptologist Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt. What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to show us the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens--and receive tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus.--From publisher description

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