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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827850303321

Autore

David A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)

Titolo

The pyramid builders of ancient Egypt : a modern investigation of pharaoh's workforce / / A.R. David

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c1996

ISBN

1-134-74322-X

1-134-74323-8

1-280-33538-6

9786610335381

0-203-44261-X

0-203-27775-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Pyramid of Sesostris II (Egypt)

Kahun (Extinct city)

Egypt Social life and customs To 332 B.C

Egypt Antiquities

Fayyum (Egypt) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Geography and Historical Background; The Lahun Pyramid; The Towns of the Royal Workmen; The Site and its Excavation; Legal and Medical Practices, Education and Religion; Everyday Life at Kahun; The Foreign Population at Kahun; Last Years at Kahun; Analysis of Egyptian Pottery; The Chemical Analysis of the Kahun Metals; Kahun: The Textile Evidence; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them.