Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Recreating Lahun (Paperback)
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Short Description for Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Using the life of a young girl and her family as a model, this book recreates the daily life of the middle-class residents of the ancient town of Lahun during Egypt's Middle Kingdom period. This perfect snapshot in time has been painstakingly recreated using recently published textual data and archaeological findings.
Full description- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published: 26 December 2007
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Sociology: Customs & Traditions | African History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9781405118569 ISBN 10: 1405118563
- Sales rank: 347,441
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Full description for Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Using the life of a young girl and her family as a model, this book recreates the daily life of the middle-class residents of the ancient town of Lahun during Egypt's Middle Kingdom period. This perfect snapshot in time has been painstakingly recreated using recently published textual data and archaeological findings.* Provides an illuminating and engaging re-construction of what daily life was like in ancient Egypt* Describes the main issues of everyday life in the town - from education, work, and food preparation to religious rituals, healing techniques, marriages, births, and deaths* Authentically recreated through the use of recently published textual data and archaeological findings directly from the settlement of Lahun and other sites* Includes photographs and illustrations of actual artifacts from the settlement of Lahun
