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LIVES of The Ancient Egyptians

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Ancient Egypt never ceases to impress and captive, but what of the men and women who experinced it at first-hand, who created sustained the culture of the pharaohs? What was it really like to live in the Nile Valley twenty, thirty or forty centuries ago? Lives of the Ancient Egyptians reveals the true character and diversity of the greatest civilization of the ancient world.rnrnFrom the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt was home to larger-than-life personalities. We meet famous pharaohs such as Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid, Senusret III, the conqueror og Nubia, and Akhenaten, the heretic king; and their beatiful ang influential queens, like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Tutankhamun's tragic child-bride Ankhesenamun. The wealthy courtiers who ran the administration have their own stories to tell, from the royal son-in-law and vizier Ptahshepses to the king's tight-hand man. Amenhotep son of Hapu; from Imhotep, architect of the first pyramid, to Montuemhat, prince of Thebes. Equally illuminating are the lives of commoners, rarely given their own voice in books on ancient Egypt; ordinary men and women who include a doctor, a dentist, a draughtsman, a scupltor, a soldier, a sailor, a farmer, a housewife, a musician, an historian, a priestess-and a serial criminal.rnrnLively text and sumptuous illustrations brong us face-to face with the ancient Egyptians in all their variety. Their one hundred life stories comprise an unprecedented, eye-witness account of ancient Egypt, its fascinating history and its spectacular achievements. Personal stories of ambition and skulduggery, of triumph and tragedy, of despair and love recreate the world of the pharaohs in an innovative and engaging way. With 200 illustrations, 80 in colour.rnrnThe intention of this book is to enable the reader to explore and experience the history and civilzation of the ancient Nile Valley through the lives of its inhabitants. To maintain the pace and flow of the narrative, and with a general readership in mind, the writing deliberately eschews the caveats that properly characterize academic studies of ancient Egyptian material. It must be acknowledged, however, that our picture of pharaonic civilization is both partial and fragmentary. The lives that follow comprise a mix of established fact, scholarly consensus and educated guesswork - but, we trust, more of the first two and relatively little of the last. Readers interested in finding out more about the individual life stories, and the debates that continue to srround them, are referred to the suggestions for further reading at the end of the book.

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R 181.2 WIL l

Publisher

London : Thame & Hudson Ltd.., 2007

Collation

338 p.: ill; 26 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-500-05148-1

Classification

Philosophy of Egypt/Filsafat Mesir

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Edition

First published, 2007

Subject(s)

philosophy of Egyptians

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