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Ancient Egypt : an introduction / Salima Ikram.

Title
Ancient Egypt : an introduction / Salima Ikram.
Author
Ikram, Salima
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description
xxiii, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 26 cm.
Summary
"This book provides an introduction to one of the greatest civilizations of all time - ancient Egypt."--Back cover.
Subject
  • To 332 B.C
  • Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C
  • Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C
Genre/Form
Einführung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The black and the red : geography and environment -- Travellers, thieves, and scholars : the history of Egyptology and Egyptomania -- Re-creating ancient Egypt : sources and methodologies -- Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past -- Maintaining Egypt : religion -- Kings and commoners : Egyptian society and government -- Town life and country life -- From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians -- The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, and mortuary cults.
ISBN
  • 9780521859073 (hardback)
  • 9780521675987 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008040753
OCLC
  • 253843826
  • SCSB-12804634
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library