Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 1. Auflage Dezember 2007 2007. 256
Seiten, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4051-1855-2 - John Wiley & Sons
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als Softcover. Using the life of a young girl and her family as
a model, this book recreates the daily life of the middle-class
residents of the ancient town of Lahun during Egypt's Middle
Kingdom period. This perfect snapshot in time has been
painstakingly recreated using recently published textual data
and archaeological findings. * Provides an illuminating and
engaging re-construction of what daily life was like in ancient
Egypt * Describes the main issues of everyday life in the town -
from education, work, and food preparation to religious rituals,
healing techniques, marriages, births, and deaths *
Authentically recreated through the use of recently published
textual data and archaeological findings directly from the
settlement of Lahun and other sites * Includes photographs and
illustrations of actual artifacts from th