Life in Ancient Egypt by Adolf Erman, Translated by H.M. Tirard, with a New Introduction by Jon Manchip White.
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DESCRIPTION: Softcover: 570 pages. Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc; (1971). Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches; 1 1/2 pounds. What was it like to live in the ancient land watered by the Nile, thousands of years before Christ was born? How did a man earn a living? What did her wear? Where did he go in his leisure time? What was the relationship between an ordinary Egyptian and his government, his wife, his children? Was life for him grim or gray? Difficult or easy? Reverent or worldly? Did his people travel, explore, conquer? Were they very much different from those of the other great civilizations of antiquity, the Greek and the Roman? What was the nature of their science, art, magic, religion? If the past has lessons for the present, what can we deduce from ancient Egyptian life that is of value to us today?
For generations scholars, specialists, and general readers have been turning to a monumental source book for the answers to such questions: “Life in Ancient Egypt” by Adlof Erman. It is one of the most influential and frequently consulted works ever written, a classic in its field and the basis of numerous other studies and works. It is still one of the very few books that offer the modern reader so satisfying, informative, and complete a survey in one volume.
Erman, a rigorously trained scholar, Director of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and author of standard works on Egyptology, covers his subject thoroughly and with a wealth of interesting concrete detail. He examines ancient Egypt’s political structure, crime and police systems, domestic life and kinships, dress, amusements, religion, learning, mathematics, magic and folk beliefs, literature, art, agriculture, trades, arts and crafts, commerce, warfare, and much else.
His objective point of view, eschewing romanticism on the one hand and frigid pedantry on the other, gives us a treatment that is as trustworthy in fact as it is evocative in effect. As Professor John Manchip White says in his new introduction for this edition, “From first to last, a superb performance.” The scholar, the student, and the merely curious can do no better than to go to this first, great authority on ancient Egypt. Profusely illustrated through, this is the unabridged, unadulterated republication of the 1894 edition.
CONDITION: NEW. New oversized softcover. Dover (1971) 570 pages. Unblemished except for VERY faint (almost imperceptible) edge and corner shelf wear to the covers. Pages are pristine; clean, crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound, unambiguously unread. Condition is entirely consistent with new stock from a bookstore environment wherein new books might show minor signs of shelfwear, consequence of simply being shelved and re-shelved. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! Meticulous and accurate descriptions! Selling rare and out-of-print ancient history books on-line since 1997. We accept returns for any reason within 14 days!
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REVIEW: The fullest, most thoroughly detailed older account (with much material not in more recent books) of domestic life, religion, magic, medicine, commerce, much more. Many illustrations reproduce tomb paintings, carvings, hieroglyphs, etc.
REVIEW: A classical history of social, political, cultural, and religious developments among the ancient Egyptians.
REVIEW: One of the most influential works in the field of Egyptology. A classic which brings together a massive amount of information about history, politics, recreation, law enforcement, religion, education, funerary practices, art, agriculture, trade, war and much more.
REVIEW: What was it like to live in the ancient land watered by the Nile, thousands of years before Christ was born? The need of a popular book on the manners and customs of Ancient Egypt has long been present, and this is a monumental sourcebook.
REVIEW: Details the land, life, the dynasties, political conditions, trade, family life, and many other facets of this great civilization. Extensive illustrations, drawings and plates illuminate the text.
REVIEW: Erman wrote this book at the end of the 19th century and it is a testament to his scholarship that the work is still as relevant today despite all our advances in archaeology. The preface describes the inundation of Egypt as happening in the author’s time exactly as it did for the ancient Egyptians (the Aswan High Dam was not built until the 1950's). Erman concentrated on the simple aspects of daily life as represented in paintings and statuary and he succeeds in presenting an accessible but thoroughly presented account of Egyptian daily life at all strata from Slave to Pharaoh.
REVIEW: Adolf Erman did a very fine job on writing this book. It basically covers what it was like to live along the Nile in ancient times. His writing is very easy to understand and I recommend it to teachers to read to their classes. Unlike some other books, this one does not just talk about the well-known pharaohs but some that I have never even heard of. He also includes many special events. This book was the best I have ever read about Egyptology and covers everything anyone would need to know.
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