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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Volume 2: Including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Art, Manufactures, Relig

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Volume 2: Including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Art, Manufactures, Relig
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Gardner Wilkinson
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:506
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreEgyptian archaeology and Egyptology
ISBN/Barcode 9781108066440
ClassificationsDewey:932
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Plates, color; 7 Plates, black and white; 243 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 September 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) first travelled to Egypt in 1821, the year before Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone. As public interest in Egypt grew, Wilkinson studied and sketched the country's major archaeological sites, most notably the tombs of Thebes. His Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt (1835) and Modern Egypt and Thebes (1843) are also reissued in this series. This well-illustrated three-volume work, first published in 1837, remained for over a century a key text on the lives of ancient Egyptians. Writing in a popular genre that was normally focused on contemporary societies, Wilkinson covers areas ranging from daily life to funerary beliefs. His imaginative approach underpinned the book's considerable success. Volume 2 provides discussion of Egyptian justice, architecture, diet, music, crafts, and the furnishing of homes.