Ancient Egypt : An introduction /
Alima Ikram.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xxiii, 330 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The black and the red : geography and environment ; Travellers, thieves, and scholars : the history of Egyptology and Egyptomania ; Re-creating ancient Egypt : sources and methodologies ;Shadows in the sand : Egypt's past ; Maintaining Egypt : religion ; Kings and commoners : Egyptian society and government ; Town life and country life ; From sunrise to sunset : daily life of the ancient Egyptians ;The living and the dead : mummies, tombs, and mortuary cults.
9780521859073 (hardback) 9780521675987 (pbk.)
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C. Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.