Remarkably accurate picture of Egyptian life from the end of the third millenium BC to the Greek occupation in 330 BC examines the roles and tasks assigned to each section of the community and describes how people spent their leisure hours, how they dressed, what they ate and drank, and more. "A handy reference tool." — Horn Book. 120 illustrations.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Well this is a very good book on just what it claims to be...life in ancient Egypt. It admittedly isn't a very detailed in depth history or anything like that, but what it does do and do well is compile in one book a great deal of information which then taken as a whole indeed does a top notch jib of letting you the modern reader avtually understand what the ancient Egyptian lived like and thought. I highly recommed it to all those interested in such things. It will do as stated.
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Delightful book that covers a lot of the details of life in Egypt that is usuall glossed over in the Egyptology books.
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Ever wonder how th world of Egypt was during the Times of pryamids and Pharaohs? You can experience with the book I read called Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt. Discover how the pryamids were built or what was it like to live in this desert community. Explore the Egyptian desert landscape and climate as well as their lives as a peasant, scribe, priest, or even a pharaoh. But no matter how ancient this culture, it still enjoys the same stuff we enjoy like games, dance entertainment, and music.
I choose this book because of many reasons. First, I read this book because of your requirement to read this book and write a book for it. Second, I was a big fan of the movie "The Mummy" and it's sequel, "The Mummy Returns" and wanted to know if there really is a person called Imhotep. Finally, I read this book wanting to know how the Egyptain way of life was. These are the reasons why this book was chosen.
My favorite part of this book was when they told me how they learn math and how to pronouce words in Egyptian language. What researchers have found out was that Egyptians lacked pronoucing vowels and link-words in their language. So if you said "The ball is in the house", the Egyptians would say it like "Th bll s n th hse". And in math, they would write 25,025 like 10,000 +10,000+10+10+1+1+1+1+1. These ideas have given us knowledge like how to write a number in expanded form(like the sentence above. The Egyptians have helped us contribute information to expand our knowledge of our world.
I choose this book because of many reasons. First, I read this book because of your requirement to read this book and write a book for it. Second, I was a big fan of the movie "The Mummy" and it's sequel, "The Mummy Returns" and wanted to know if there really is a person called Imhotep. Finally, I read this book wanting to know how the Egyptain way of life was. These are the reasons why this book was chosen.
My favorite part of this book was when they told me how they learn math and how to pronouce words in Egyptian language. What researchers have found out was that Egyptians lacked pronoucing vowels and link-words in their language. So if you said "The ball is in the house", the Egyptians would say it like "Th bll s n th hse". And in math, they would write 25,025 like 10,000 +10,000+10+10+1+1+1+1+1. These ideas have given us knowledge like how to write a number in expanded form(like the sentence above. The Egyptians have helped us contribute information to expand our knowledge of our world.
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