Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt.

Our knowledge of urban life in ancient Egypt is being transformed by new research and excavations. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about settlements during the dynastic period, describing the sophistication of daily city life under the Pharaohs with a range...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snape, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014.
Temas:
To 332 B.C.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Egypt.
Villes antiques > Égypte.
Cities and towns, Ancient
Civilization
Manners and customs
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C.
Égypte > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Égypte > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Egypt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; About the Author; Other titles of Interest; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Urban Life in Ancient Egypt; Part I: The Rise of the City; What is a City?; The Origins of Urbanism in Egypt; The Location of Cities; Building the City; Egyptian Words for Towns and Cities; Estimating Population; Part II: Cities for Kings and Gods; Palaces; Fortified Cities; Temple and City; Part III: Cities for People; City Government; Towns and Houses of the Middle Kingdom; Towns and Houses of the New Kingdom; Country Houses; Community Centres; Feeding and Supplying the City; Working Life
  • Water and SanitationSchools; Crime in the City; Leisure; Tourism; Death in the City; Part IV: Graeco-Roman Egypt; The Classical City in Egypt; Alexandria ad Aegyptum; The Faiyum in the Graeco-Roman Period; Middle Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Part V: Gazetteer of Cities and Towns of Ancient Egypt; Elephantine and Aswan; Southern Egypt; Thebes; The Theban/Coptite Region; Middle Egypt; Amarna
  • The Complete City?; Other Middle Egyptian Cities; The Faiyum; Memphis
  • The Shifting City; Heliopolis
  • City of the Sun; The Memphite Region; The Delta; Cities of the Canopic Branch
  • Cities of the Rosetta BranchCities of the Damietta Branch; Cities of the Pelusiac Branch; Fortress-Towns of the Eastern Delta and Wadi Tumilat; Northern Sinai; The Oases; The Mediterranean Coast; Nubia; Epilogue
  • Lost Cities; Glossary; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index; Copyright

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