02973nam 2200577Ia 450 991078010090332120230823220209.01-280-32380-90-203-40493-9(CKB)111056485509856(EBL)169998(OCoLC)437078643(SSID)ssj0000151999(PQKBManifestationID)11161172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151999(PQKBWorkID)10322320(PQKB)11179486(MiAaPQ)EBC169998(Au-PeEL)EBL169998(CaPaEBR)ebr10054614(CaONFJC)MIL32380(OCoLC)729235186(EXLCZ)9911105648550985619990430d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe experience of ancient Egypt /Rosalie DavidLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages) illustrations, mapsExperience of Archaeology0-415-51858-X 0-415-03263-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.THE EXPERIENCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: A Portrait of Ancient Egypt; Chapter I The Historical Outline of Ancient Egypt; Chapter II Funerary Beliefs and Customs; Chapter III The Religion of the Living; Chapter IV Everyday Life; Chapter V Literary Sources; Part2: The Development of Egyptology; Chapter VI Classical and Medieval Interest in Egypt; Chapter VII The Renaissance Period; Chapter VIII The Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphs; Chapter IX Recording the Monuments; Chapter X Excavating the Sites; Chapter XI The Contribution of Biomedical Studies; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; IndexThe Experience of Ancient Egypt provides a comprehensive portrait of what we know about ancient Egypt today, examining in detail issues of religion, of beliefs and practices surrounding death, of everyday life and of literature.In an engaging style, the author traces Egyptology from its classical roots, through the painstaking process of deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the most up-to-date bio-medical and archaeological techniques, never forgetting how time has proved that it is impossible to deliver the absolute truth about ancient EExperience of ArchaeologyEgyptologyHistoryEgyptCivilizationTo 332 B.CEgyptologyHistory.932/.0072David A. Rosalie(Ann Rosalie)882534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780100903321The experience of ancient Egypt3810564UNINA