The experience of ancient Egypt / Rosalie David.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)

Series:

Experience of Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptology--History.

Egyptology.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Experience of Ancient Egypt provides a comprehensive portrait of what we know about ancient Egypt today, examining in detail issues of religion, of beliefs and practices surrounding death, of everyday life and of literature.In an engaging style, the author traces Egyptology from its classical roots, through the painstaking process of deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the most up-to-date bio-medical and archaeological techniques, never forgetting how time has proved that it is impossible to deliver the absolute truth about ancient E

Contents:

THE EXPERIENCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: A Portrait of Ancient Egypt; Chapter I The Historical Outline of Ancient Egypt; Chapter II Funerary Beliefs and Customs; Chapter III The Religion of the Living; Chapter IV Everyday Life; Chapter V Literary Sources; Part2: The Development of Egyptology; Chapter VI Classical and Medieval Interest in Egypt; Chapter VII The Renaissance Period; Chapter VIII The Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphs; Chapter IX Recording the Monuments; Chapter X Excavating the Sites; Chapter XI The Contribution of Biomedical Studies; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-32380-9

0-203-40493-9

9780203404935

OCLC:

437078643