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001 1982258
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008 961028s1997 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 96048461
020 $a0801432227 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0801483131 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDT61$b.A6313 1997
082 00 $a932$221
100 1 $aAndreu, Guillemette.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90702313
240 10 $aEgypte au temps des pyramides.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96106591
245 10 $aEgypt in the age of the pyramids /$cGuillemette Andreu ; David Lorton, translator.
260 $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bCornell University Press,$c1997.
300 $a171 pages :$billustrations, 1 map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-160) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Age of the Pyramids --$g2.$tPharaoh's Subjects --$g3.$tPublic Works --$g4.$tScribes and Scholars --$g5.$tArts, Crafts, and Trades --$g6.$tFamily Life --$g7.$tA Busy Day --$g8.$tLife in the Country --$g9.$tFishing and Hunting --$g10.$tA People of Believers.
520 $aThe Golden Age of Ancient Egypt comes alive as Guillemette Andreu re-creates the details of daily life. Construction sites team with workers building the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Administrators bustle to and fro, handling their assignments from the pharaoh's court. Scribes train themselves to draft a variety of letters.
520 8 $aAndreu describes the Egyptians as they spend a day in the marshes with family and friends. They glide on light skiffs through the papyrus plants, stopping occasionally to marvel at the marsh creatures: frogs, butterflies, kingfishers, ibises, herons, lapwings, weasels, and mongooses. Because the marshes also shelter crocodiles and hippopotamuses, the day is not without its perils.
520 8 $aIn her vivid representation of Egyptian life, Andreu makes use of letters from family archives, full of household instructions from travelers and nostalgic greetings from grown children living away from their parents. The principal source of evidence for Egyptian life styles between 2650 and 1750 B.C. are the scenes carved or painted on the walls of tombs. Short hieroglyphic inscriptions accompany these images, recording what might have been said by the men and women pictured.
651 0 $aEgypt$xCivilization$yTo 332 B.C.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041266
852 00 $bglx$hDT61$i.A6313 1997
852 00 $bbar$hDT61$i.A6313 1997