Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Revised and Expanded)

revised and expanded Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6601-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 232 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casson, Lionel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
I. The New Kingdom
II. The Social Pyramid
III. The Family
IV. Women
V. On the Farm
VI. At Leisure
VII. The Professions
VIII. Fine Craftsman
IX. Religion
X. A Maverick Pharaoh
XI. The Afterlife
XII. Travel
XIII. Egypt Under Non-Egyptians
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

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