Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt - Hardcover

Casson, Lionel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801866006 ISBN 13: 9780801866005

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

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Book by Casson Professor Lionel

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Críticas:

"Provides a suitable introduction to Egyptian society for readers newly interested in ancient Egypt or for use in a survey course." -- Vanessa Davies, Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Reseña del editor:

Lionel Casson offers a comprehensive introduction to the people of ancient Egypt. He describes the structure of Egyptian society--the levels from peasant to pharaoh, the nature of the family, and the role of women. He reviews the professions, from the lowliest scribes to the architects and engineers who built the pyramids, and examines the work of sculptors, painters, cabinetmakers, jewelers, and smiths whose hands turned out the sculptures, murals, and objects of beauty that are so prized today. He deals with that key factor in Egyptian life, religion: the nature of the gods; the powerful role played by belief in the afterlife; and the career of one pharaoh, Akhenaten, who attempted to put heretical views into practice.

Originally published in 1975 as The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, this revised edition includes a new chapter as well as full documentation of the sources.

Praise for Lionel Casson:

"Lionel Casson's scholarship is impeccable." -- Lloyd's List

"Casson is one of those rare individuals able to make a highly technical subject not only understandable to the general reader, but interesting as well." -- American Neptune

"I was reading one of Casson's books while waiting for [my daughter]... She was late, which would ordinarily have thrown me into a fever of apprehension, but on this occasion I was so wrapped up in the book, I didn't notice. In fact, when she did come back, quite late, I was annoyed because she had interrupted me before I had finished the book. I told Casson this, and he was infinitely pleased." -- Isaac Asimov

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• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0801866006
• ISBN 13: 9780801866005
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176