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Mrs. Tsenhor : a female entrepreneur in ancient Egypt /
"From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of whic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | [US & CA version]. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of which we are uinaware. In fact, what we have here is an unprecedented and privileged peek into the life of an ancient Egyptian girl next door that will never make it into the official history books"--Publisher description |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781617975776 161797577X 9781617975691 1617975699 |