Ikram, Salima.

Ancient Egypt : an introduction / Salima Ikram. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xxiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The black & the red : geography & environment -- Travellers, thieves, & scholars : the history of Egyptology & Egyptomania -- Recreating ancient Egypt : sources & methodologies -- Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past -- Maintaining Egypt : religion -- Kings & commoners : Egyptian society and government -- Town and country life -- From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians -- The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, & mortuary cults.

9780521859073 (hardback) 9780521675987 (pbk.)

2008040753


Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.

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