- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks; illustrated edition edition (21 Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845113357
- ISBN-13: 978-1845113353
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 993,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Detailed and lucidly written."--"Barry Kemp, Times Literary Supplement"
" 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"
" 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"
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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 ordinary Egyptians. What sort of houses did they live in and how were they furnished? What do we know about their family relationships, their rivalries and quarrels and the daily minutiae of their lives? T.G.H. James has drawn on the evidence of paintings and inscriptions from tombs and temples, from official archives, private correspondence, accounts and dispatches. As he reveals the fascinating intricacies of daily life under the pharaohs, we realise how much our own lives have in common with those who worked along the Nile nearly four thousand years ago.
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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
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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
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A WONDERFUL OVERVIEW OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN NEW KINGDOM EGYPT
1 Nov 2000
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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.
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