Ancient Egypt
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Salima Ikram.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521859073; 9780521675987
Subjects: Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C; Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The black & the red : geography & environment; title: Travellers, thieves, & scholars : the history of Egyptology & Egyptomania; title: Recreating ancient Egypt : sources & methodologies; title: Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past; title: Maintaining Egypt : religion; title: Kings & commoners : Egyptian society and government; title: Town and country life; title: From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians; title: The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, & mortuary cults.