LEADER 02742nam 2200589 450 001 9910797543303321 005 20230807221758.0 010 $a0-19-936140-1 010 $a0-19-936139-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468226 035 $a(EBL)2198493 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543778 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135292 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543778 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14619915 035 $a(PQKB)11417655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2198493 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2198493 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11095021 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL826483 035 $a(OCoLC)920167140 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468226 100 $a20150520h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tears of Re $ebeekeeping in ancient Egypt /$fGene Kritsky 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cOxford University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-936138-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBeekeeping begins -- The delight of Re: beekeeping during the Old Kingdom -- Instability and reunification: beekeeping during the Middle Kingdom -- The age of empire: beekeeping during the New Kingdom -- The Saite period -- The Greco-Roman period -- The honey bee hieroglyph -- The administration and economics of Egyptian beekeeping -- Bees and food -- Honey and healing -- Bees, gods, and feasts -- The magic of beeswax -- The afterlife of ancient Egyptian beekeeping. 330 $aAccording to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the usage of beeswax as a healing ointment, the honey bee was a pervasive cultural motif in ancient Egypt because of its connection to the sun god Re. Gene Kritsky delivers the first book to examine the relationship between the honey bee and ancient Egyptian culture, through the lenses of linguistics, archeology, religion, health, and econo 606 $aBee culture$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aHoney$zEgypt$xHistory 606 $aBee products$zEgypt$xHistory 615 0$aBee culture$xHistory. 615 0$aHoney$xHistory. 615 0$aBee products$xHistory. 676 $a638/.10962 700 $aKritsky$b Gene$01474606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797543303321 996 $aThe tears of Re$93835789 997 $aUNINA