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

• Autore: David A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 1996, c1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 932
• Soggetto topico: Pyramid of Sesostris II (Lāhūn, Egypt)
• Soggetto geografico: Kahun (Extinct city); Egypt Social life and customs To 332 B.C; Egypt Antiquities; Fayyūm (Egypt) Antiquities
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The pyramid builders of ancient Egypt
• ISBN: 1-134-74322-X; 1-134-74323-8; 1-280-33538-6; 9786610335381; 0-203-44261-X; 0-203-27775-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779947703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II