The Material World of Ancient Egypt

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Cambridge University Press, 12 Αυγ 2013 - 214 σελίδες
The Material World of Ancient Egypt examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that together reveal the day-to-day physical substance of life in ancient Egypt. This book investigates how people dressed, what they ate, the houses they built, the games they played, and the tools they used, among many other aspects of daily life, paying great attention to the change and development of each area within the conservative Egyptian society. More than any other ancient civilization, the ancient Egyptians have left us with a wealth of evidence about their daily lives in the form of perishable objects, from leather sandals to feather fans, detailed depictions of trades and crafts on the walls of tombs, and a wide range of documentary evidence from temple inventories to personal laundry lists. Drawing on these diverse sources and richly illustrating his account with nearly one hundred images, William H. Peck illuminates the culture of the ancient Egyptians from the standpoint of the basic materials they employed to make life possible and perhaps even enjoyable.
 

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Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
1
The Land
9
Brief Outline of Egyptian History
17
Study of the Material World of Ancient Egypt
35
Dress and Personal Adornment
48
A leather loincloth
55
Sandals made of basketry 150
66
Housing and Furniture
74
Tools and Weapons
134
Workmen shaping flints
136
An assortment of tools
138
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139
Jewelers at work
140
Three measuring aids used in construction
142
Basketry Rope Matting
146
Basket with figs
147

An ancient Egyptian model ofa house
76
Remains of houses at Deir el Medina
77
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78
Painting ofa garden
79
3o Remains of houses at Deir el Medina
80
Funerary procession
82
Carpenter splitting planks
83
Chair of Renyseneb
86
Wooden stool
87
Workmen carrying a bed and cloths
88
Basket box andjar
90
Food and Drink
93
A pile offood oflerings
94
Typical wooden agricultural implements
97
Reaping and gathering ofwheat
98
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99
Harvesting grain
100
Packing wheat into a carrying basket
101
Model ofa granary
102
Squeezing the grapes
104
Slaughtering a bull
106
50
107
Largescale fishing
108
Hygiene and Medicine
110
Circumcision scene
112
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113
Cattle drovers
115
Surgical instruments
117
Containers of Clay and Stone
122
Predynastic potteryjar
123
Pottery making
125
Pottery vessels
126
Workmen carrying objects and vessels
127
6o Early Dynastic alabaster jar
132
Faience and Glass
154
Eye of Horus amulet made ofEgyptian faience
156
7o Fragment ofa figurine made ofEgyptian faience
157
Lotus cup made ofEgyptian faience
158
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159
A glass flask
160
Kohl tube in the shape ofa palm column
161
Transportation
162
A large vessel
163
Fishermen hauling in their nets
166
Model boat
167
Loaded donkey
168
Wheelwrights workshop
169
Sport and Games
171
A detail from a scene of hunting in the desert
172
Wrestling scene
174
Childrens games
175
A selection of childrens toys
176
A senet game
177
Man with a pet dog
179
Music and Dance
180
Two female musicians
181
Musicians
182
Elaborate wooden harp
183
Three musicians
184
Playing a harp
186
A man his wife and his daughter entertained by a harpist
188
Dancers
189
Weapons and Armor
192
A troop of soldiers or marines armed with shields and spears
193
Soldiers with bows and arrows
196
Conclusions
199
Sources of Chapter Heading Quotations
204
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William H. Peck is retired Curator of Ancient Art at The Detroit Institute of Arts. He excavated for many years in Egypt, first as a field archaeologist at the site of ancient Mendes in the Nile Delta and later in the Precinct of the Goddess Mut at Karnak, where he was co-field director and architect with the Brooklyn Museum mission. He was a recipient of an American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship to study New Kingdom tomb painting, a Smithsonian Institution Travel Grant to Egypt, and an award in the arts for an outstanding alumnus from Wayne State University. His major publications include Drawings from Ancient Egypt, which was translated into French, German and Arabic; Splendors of Ancient Egypt, an exhibition catalogue; and Egypt in Toledo, on the Egyptian collections in Toledo, Ohio. He has lectured widely in the United States and Canada and has acted as consultant to several museums including the Virginia Museum, Richmond; the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; and the Art Museum, Toledo.

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ΤίτλοςThe Material World of Ancient Egypt
ΣυγγραφέαςWilliam H. Peck
Έκδοσηεικονογραφημένη
ΕκδότηςCambridge University Press, 2013
ISBN0521886163, 9780521886161
Μέγεθος214 σελίδες
  
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