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Title: The Material World of Ancient Egypt
Condition: New
Author: William H. Peck
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
EAN: 9780521713795
ISBN: 9780521713795
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: History
Topic: Ancient History
Release Date: 12/08/2013
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 254mm
Item Length: 178mm
Item Width: 10mm
Item Weight: 480g
Release Year: 2013
Description: The Material World of Ancient Egypt examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that together reveal the day-to-day physical substance of life in ancient Egypt. This book investigates how people dressed, what they ate, the houses they built, the games they played, and the tools they used, among many other aspects of daily life, paying great attention to the change and development of each area within the conservative Egyptian society. More than any other ancient civilization, the ancient Egyptians have left us with a wealth of evidence about their daily lives in the form of perishable objects, from leather sandals to feather fans, detailed depictions of trades and crafts on the walls of tombs, and a wide range of documentary evidence from temple inventories to personal laundry lists. Drawing on these diverse sources and richly illustrating his account with nearly one hundred images, William H. Peck illuminates the culture of the ancient Egyptians from the standpoint of the basic materials they employed to make life possible and perhaps even enjoyable.

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