Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Volume 3 - Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Art, Manufactures,

Klappentext First published in 1837, and highly influential thereafter, this well-illustrated three-volume work covers almost every aspect of ancient Egyptian life. Zusammenfassung A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875) published this well-illustrated three-volume work in 1837. Writing in a popular genre normally focused on contemporary societies, Wilkinson covers areas ranging from daily life to funerary beliefs. His imaginative approach underpinned the book's considerable success. Inhaltsverzeichnis List and explanations of plates; 8. The hyaena caught in a trap; 9. Fall of Egyptian art; 10. Style of art.

Product details

• Authors: John Gardner Wilkinson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108066457
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06645-7
• No. of pages: 442
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology