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Red land, black land : daily life in ancient Egypt Cover Image Book

Red land, black land : daily life in ancient Egypt

Mertz, Barbara. (Author).

Summary: An erudite and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt, this classic work is revised and updated for a new generation. Displaying the descriptive power, eye for detail, keen insight, and wit that have made her novels bestsellers, renowned Egyptologist Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt. What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to show us the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens--and receive tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus.--From publisher description.

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  • ISBN: 0061252743
  • ISBN: 9780061252747
  • Physical Description: print
    xxi, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Second edition, First William Morrow edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, 1966.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-396) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Ancient Egyptian Chronology xv -- List of Black-and-White Illustrations xix -- Part I World of the Living -- 1 People of the Two Lands 3 -- 2 Red and Black Lands 21 -- 3 "Beloved of His Father and Mother" 39 -- 4 Lady of the House 58 -- 5 "Clothe Her Back" 76 -- 6 "Come, Tell Me How You Live" 94 -- 7 "Be a Scribe, Put It in Thy Heart" 124 -- 8 "I Fought Incredibly" 151 -- 9 "I Know the Movement of a Figure, the Stride of a Woman" 168 -- 10 Sorcerer, Scientist, and Priest 202 -- 11 "The Useful Things That Are Established Forever" 220 -- 12 "The God Is Satisfied with His Offerings" 259 -- 13 So Who Wants to Be an Ancient Egyptian? 294 -- Part II World of the Dead -- 14 "An Excellent, Equipped Spirit" 305 -- 15 "My Body Shall Be Enduring" 321 -- 16 "A Goodly Burial in the Necropolis" 347 -- 17 "On That Day of Judging the Deficient" 377.

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Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

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