Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of rulers, great nobles, and priests. In Pharaoh’s People, T.G.H. James by contrast examines the daily working lives of Egyptians lower down the social scale: bureaucrats, scribes, craftsmen, and workers of the land. James has drawn on the evidence of paintings and inscriptions from tombs and temples, from official archives, private correspondence, accounts, and dispatches. Most of the texts have been newly translated for this book and, in examining them, the author brings to life the fascinating intricacies of daily life under the Pharaohs.
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Detailed and lucidly written.' - Barry Kemp, TLS '... the depiction of Egyptian life is both accurate and convincing.' - Bruce Trigger, IJAHS 'A fine book, worthy of recommendation to anyone...' - J.A.S. Evans, American Historical Review"
About the Author
T. G. H. James is the Keeper in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, and a fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of Howard Carter.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A WONDERFUL OVERVIEW OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN NEW KINGDOM EGYPT,
By Robert (Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pharaoh's People: Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt (Hardcover)
For anyone interested in knowing how was it like to live under the rule of the great New Kingdom Pharaohs of Egypt, this is the book. With grace and elegant style, Dr. James gifted us with a wonderful overview of everyday life taking as evidence the registers from tomb and temple wallpaintings and inscriptions, from which he has taken nice and amusing "bites of reality". There are texts from private and official letters and bussiness-documents; everything was masterly handed by the great British Egyptologist, so as to let us recover a lively glimpse of ancient Egyptians and their way-of-life in those golden ages.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The kings of Egypt ruled an undivided nation in antiquity for three thousand years, with occasional, relatively short, periods of anarchy and foreign domination, before their country was absorbed into the ambit of the Graeco-Roman world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
five open wounds, transverse hall, funerary temple, mining land, hundred blows, hereditary prince, district governors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty, British Museum, Middle Kingdom, Twelfth Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty, The Book of the Dead, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Medinet Habu, Abydos Temple of Sethos, King's House, Upper Egypt, Cambridge Ancient History, Satire of Trades, Twentieth Dynasty, Western Thebes, Eleventh Dynasty, New York, First Intermediate Period, King Sethos, Nauri Decree, Wadi Natrun, First Dynasty, King Tuthmosis New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The kings of Egypt ruled an undivided nation in antiquity for three thousand years, with occasional, relatively short, periods of anarchy and foreign domination, before their country was absorbed into the ambit of the Graeco-Roman world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
five open wounds, transverse hall, funerary temple, mining land, hundred blows, hereditary prince, district governors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty, British Museum, Middle Kingdom, Twelfth Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty, The Book of the Dead, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Medinet Habu, Abydos Temple of Sethos, King's House, Upper Egypt, Cambridge Ancient History, Satire of Trades, Twentieth Dynasty, Western Thebes, Eleventh Dynasty, New York, First Intermediate Period, King Sethos, Nauri Decree, Wadi Natrun, First Dynasty, King Tuthmosis New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 34
books:
See all 34 books this book cites
- Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries by A. Lucas on 6 pages
- The Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs by Morris Bierbrier on 4 pages
- Man, Settlement and Urbanism: Proceedings of a Meeting of the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects Held at the Institute of Archaeology, London University by Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects London university on page 209, page 238, and page 239
- Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction (Galaxy Books Series Gb P) by Sir Alan H. Gardiner on page 24, page 49, and Back Matter
- The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry; Third Edition by Professor William Kelley Simpson on page 66, page 150, and Back Matter
See all 34 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > History > Ancient > Africa
- Books > History > Ancient > Egypt
- Books > History > Middle East > Egypt
- Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences
