History | General
Ancient Egypt
by J. E. Manchip White 2020-07-15 10:45:29
image1
COMPARE PRICE
The ancient Egyptians created some of the world's most beautiful art and architecture. To this day, this ancient civilization--which produced the great pyramids, the riddle of the Sphinx, and the riches of Tutankhamun--exerts a strong hold on our ima... Read more
The ancient Egyptians created some of the world's most beautiful art and architecture. To this day, this ancient civilization--which produced the great pyramids, the riddle of the Sphinx, and the riches of Tutankhamun--exerts a strong hold on our imaginations.
Now, in Ancient Egypt, eminent Egyptologist David P. Silverman and a team of leading scholars explore the cultural wealth of this civilization in a series of intriguing and authoritative essays based on the latest theories and discoveries. Illustrated with more than 200 superb color photographs, maps, and charts, this book illuminates the vivid and powerful symbolic images of this fascinating culture--from pyramids and temples to priests and rituals; from hieroglyphic writing to daily life by the Nile; and from temple carvings to the cult of the dead. Correcting the popular misconception of the Egyptians as a death-obsessed people, the book uses the most recent historical research and archaeological finds to illuminate the routines of daily life in royal, elite, priestly circles, as well as at lower levels of society. We learn, for example, that despite the monochromatic appearance of most temple ruins today, in ancient times they would have been colorful, even gleaming structures; that the title "Pharaoh" derives from the Egyptian phrase per aa, which means "great house" and was originally a reference to the royal palace; that temples employed all manner of part-time and full-time personnel, from farmers and carpenters to scribes, jewelers, and keepers of livestock; and that Egyptian law viewed women as equal to men, and they could, in some cases, wield considerable influence.
The ancient Egyptians created some of theworld's most beautiful art and architecture. To this day, this ancient civilization--which produced the great pyramids, the riddle of the Sphinx, and the riches of Tutankhamun--exerts a strong hold on our imaginations. Less
  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 9.4 X 7.08 X 1.05 in
  • 256
  • Oxford University Press
  • June 30, 2003
  • English
  • 9780486140209
autor-image
J. E. Manchip White
Author
...
Compare Prices
image
Buy GBP 7.74
image
Buy CAD 49.59
image
Paperback
Buy CAD 30.91
Available Discount
12 % OFF
12% off Academic Book Titles (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Back to School Promotion at eBooks.com. 12% off Academic book titles. Landing page is on our academics category page. Static image.

10 % OFF
Save 10% OFF on Student Text Books (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Purchase textbooks at student discounts!

20 % OFF
20% Off on selected Categories
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: 20% Off these Categories- Body Mind & Spirit, Family & Relationships, Foreign Language Study, History, Sports & Recreation. Offer Lasts all through January.

Related Books
view all
image1
Russian Aces of World War 1:
image1
The Huntress:
image1
Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders:
image1
The Principles of Leather Manufacture:
image1
The Dates of Variously-Shaped Shields With Coincident Dates and Examples:
image1
Discovering the Hidden Listener:
image1
The Legends of the Iroquois, Told by the Cornplanter:
image1
De Latino Sine Flexione; Principio De Permanentia:
image1
The Battle of Talavera:
image1
Slavery in History:
image1
La Cour de Lunéville au XVIIIe siècle / Les marquises de Boufflers et du Châtelet, Voltaire, Devau, Saint-Lambert, etc.:
image1
Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895:
image1
A Description of Greenland:
image1
Trivia:
image1
From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921:
image1
Palestine Diaries:
image1
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:
image1
Some Cities and San Francisco and Resurgam:
image1
The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone:
image1
6000 Tons of Gold:
image1
Napoleon:
image1
The Russian Revolution and the Baltic Fleet:
image1
Croquis Parisiens; A Vau-l'Eau; Un Dilemme:
image1
The Birth of Civilization in the Near East:
image1
The Doctor's Secret Journal:

Stay in touch.

© 2024 AMPLE READS