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Author: Donald P. Ryan
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1782439552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.
Author: Philip Matyszak
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1782438572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWalk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?
Author: Philip Matyszak
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: 2019-04-18
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1782439773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the course of a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the fish-seller to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company.
Author: Yijie Zhuang
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Published: 2020-06-25
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1789291232
DOWNLOAD EBOOK24 Hours in Ancient China brings the everyday actions of ancient Chinese Han citizens vividly to life.
Author: Lionel Casson
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001-05-25
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780801866012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1975 as The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, this revised edition includes a new chapter as well as full documentation of the sources.
Author: Joshua Aaron Roberson
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Published: 2014-06-23
Total Pages: 595
ISBN-13: 1937040259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of the Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramessid period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all currently known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting.
Author: John Green
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1989-09-01
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 0486261301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWonderful introduction to ancient Egypt features 44 detailed, full-page drawings of Cleopatra, Ramses II, arts and crafts, architectural monuments, and more. Detailed, informative captions. Also, handy source of royalty-free graphics.
Author: Christian Jacq
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFolklore, temple and tomb paintings, and hieroglyphic texts are drawn upon to explore the potent and pervading legacy of magic and ritual in ancient Egypt, a legacy that has survived to the present day. To the Egyptians, magic was an exact science with rules that were necessarily observed to placate the gods, ensure good fortune, cure the sick, and guarantee a safe passage through the underworld. This book provides insight into the full meaning of rituals that were designed to ensure health and happiness, preserve life, and smooth the moments of passage birth, marriage, death, and the continuum of years."
Author: Richard H Wilkinson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2017-01-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0500284245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to the deities of ancient Egypt: their origins and their central role in the lives of the Egyptian people Worshipped for over three-fifths of recorded history, Egypt’s gods and goddesses are among the most fascinating of human civilization. The lives of pharaohs and commoners alike were dominated by the need to honor, worship, and pacify the huge pantheon of deities, from the benevolent to the malevolent. The richness and complexity of their mythology is reflected in countless tributes throughout Egypt, from lavish tomb paintings and imposing temple reliefs to humble household shrines. This book examines the evolution, worship, and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses—from minor household figures such as Bes and Tawaret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re—that made Egypt the most theocratic society of the ancient world, and made Egyptians, according to Herodotus, “more religious than any other people.” Now available in paperback, with hundreds of illustrations and specially commissioned drawings, this title remains the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society.
Author: Marshall Clagett
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 756
ISBN-13: 9780871692146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, the first of three volumes describing the major facets of Ancient Egyptian Science, concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, and quasi-learned institutions in ancient Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Eygpt.
