24 Hours in Ancient Egypt

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A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

By Dr Donald P. Ryan

Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History

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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt takes readers on a compelling journey into the daily lives of the people who inhabited ancient Egypt around the year 1400 BCE. The narrative unfolds over a single day, spotlighting diverse individuals including pharaohs, workers, and merchants. Through their eyes, readers get a vivid glimpse of the culture, society, and inner workings of one of history's most fascinating civilisations.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the daily lives of ordinary people in ancient civilisations. It takes you on an immersive journey through a single day in ancient Egypt, offering a unique glimpse into the routines, challenges, and aspirations of its inhabitants. This engaging narrative will particularly appeal to history enthusiasts and those intrigued by ancient cultures.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes.

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Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.

Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.

During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society – from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife – and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes, see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.

Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible. – Current World Archaeology

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789293517

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Illustration: b/w line drawings

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

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African History Ancient & Classical History Dr Donald P. Ryan History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History

About the Author

Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D. is an archaeologist and Faculty Fellow in the Division of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His work focuses on Egyptian archaeology, Polynesian archaeology, and ancient languages and scripts. His research in Egypt includes excavations in the Valley of the Kings, where he has discovered lost tombs and controversial mummies – Ryan excavated a tomb of one of the individuals to be featured in 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt, Amenemope the vizier of the ruler Amenhotep II. In 2017, he rediscovered three lost tombs in the Valley of the Kings also associated with that same ruler. Ryan is the author of several books and numerous scientific and popular articles on archaeological subjects, including Ancient Egypt on Five Deben a Day, Beneath the Sands of Egypt and Ancient Egypt: The Basics.

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt