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Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids (Paperback, New edition)
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Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids (Paperback, New edition)
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The Golden Age of Ancient Egypt comes alive as Guillemette Andreu
recreates the details of daily life. Construction sites teem with
workers building the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Administrators
bustle to and fro, handling their assignments from the pharaoh's
court. Scribes train themselves to draft a variety of
letters.Andreu describes the Egyptians as they spend a day in the
marshes with family and friends. They glide on light skiffs through
the papyrus plants, stopping occasionally to marvel at the marsh
creatures: frogs, butterflies, kingfishers, ibises, herons,
lapwings, weasels, and mongooses. Because the marshes also shelter
crocodiles and hippopotami, the day is not without its perils. In
her vivid representation of Egyptian life, Andreu makes use of
letters from family archives, full of household instructions from
travelers and nostalgic greetings from grown children living away
from their parents.The principal source of evidence for Egyptian
life-styles between 2650 and 1750 B.C. are the scenes carved or
painted on the walls of tombs. Short hieroglyphic inscriptions
accompany these images, recording what might have been said by the
men and women pictured. Andreu's book is amply illustrated and
supplemented by a bibliography. It will delight tourists planning
to visit Egypt, museum goers, as well as students.
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