Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt - Brossura

Casson, Lionel

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ISBN 10: 0801866014 ISBN 13: 9780801866012

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

"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)

L'autore:

Lionel Casson is a professor emeritus of classics at New York University and has written many books about life in the ancient world, includingTravel in the Ancient World, Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, and Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World,all available from Johns Hopkins.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0801866014
• ISBN 13: 9780801866012
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176