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Red land, black land : daily life in ancient Egypt
Mertz, Barbara.
Adult Nonfiction DT61 .M53 2008
Mertz, Barbara.
Adult Nonfiction DT61 .M53 2008
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| Contents | Page |
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| Foreword to the First Edition | p. xi |
| Foreword to the Second Edition | p. xiii |
| Ancient Egyptian Chronology | p. xv |
| List of Black-and-White Illustrations | p. xix |
| Part I - The World of the Living | |
| 1 - People of the Two Lands | p. 3 |
| Childbirth | p. 6 |
| The People in Art | p. 9 |
| The Problem of Queen Tiye | p. 12 |
| The People in Actuality | p. 17 |
| 2 - The Red and Black Lands | p. 21 |
| The Two Lands | p. 21 |
| Nubia and the Deserts | p. 31 |
| 3 - "Beloved of His Father and Mother" | p. 39 |
| Children | p. 39 |
| Household Pets | p. 42 |
| Growing Up | p. 49 |
| 4 - Lady of the House | p. 58 |
| The Egyptian Woman | p. 58 |
| The Queen | p. 67 |
| 5 - "Clothe Her Back" | p. 76 |
| Clothing | p. 76 |
| Coiffures | p. 84 |
| Jewelry and Cosmetics | p. 88 |
| 6 - "Come, Tell Me How You Live" | p. 94 |
| Towns and Houses | p. 94 |
| Furniture and Household Equipment | p. 101 |
| Food and Entertainment | p. 107 |
| 7 - "Be a Scribe, Put It in Thy Heart" | p. 124 |
| Education | p. 124 |
| Birds, Bees, and Flowers | p. 128 |
| The Hekanakhte Letters | p. 140 |
| The Scribe and the Bureaucracy | p. 145 |
| 8 - "I Fought Incredibly" | p. 151 |
| The Army | p. 151 |
| Forts and Fortifications | p. 165 |
| 9 - "I Know the Movement of a Figure, the Stride of a Woman" | p. 168 |
| Painting and Sculpture | p. 168 |
| Amarna Art | p. 178 |
| The Artist | p. 188 |
| The Architects | p. 194 |
| 10 - Sorcerer, Scientist, and Priest | p. 202 |
| Magic, Science, and Religion | p. 202 |
| Egyptian Magic | p. 214 |
| 11 - "The Useful Things That Are Established Forever" | p. 220 |
| Mathematics | p. 220 |
| Astronomy | p. 224 |
| How to Build a Pyramid | p. 226 |
| Boats | p. 240 |
| Medicine | p. 245 |
| 12 - "The God Is Satisfied with His Offerings" | p. 259 |
| The Official Religion | p. 259 |
| Temples and Rituals | p. 278 |
| The Contendings of Horus and Set | p. 288 |
| The Religion of the People | p. 291 |
| 13 - So Who Wants to Be an Ancient Egyptian? | p. 294 |
| Part II - The World of the Dead | |
| 14 - "An Excellent, Equipped Spirit" | p. 305 |
| Attitudes Toward the Dead | p. 305 |
| Heaven and the Soul | p. 312 |
| 15 - "My Body Shall Be Enduring" | p. 321 |
| Mummification-General | p. 321 |
| Mummification-Egyptian | p. 328 |
| 16 - "A Goodly Burial in the Necropolis" | p. 347 |
| Tombs and Mortuary Temples | p. 347 |
| Sarcophagi, Coffins, and Other Bare Necessities | p. 362 |
| All the Comforts of Home | p. 366 |
| Funerary Ritual | p. 370 |
| 17 - "On That Day of Judging the Deficient" | p. 377 |
| Books of the Dead | p. 377 |
| The Last Judgment | p. 383 |
| Reading List | p. 391 |
| Sources of Quotations | p. 395 |
| Index | p. 397 |
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