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Author David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)

Title The pyramid builders of ancient Egypt : a modern investigation of pharaoh's workforce / A.R. David
Edition New ed
Published London : Taylor & Francis, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Geography and Historical Background; The Lahun Pyramid; The Towns of the Royal Workmen; The Site and its Excavation; Legal and Medical Practices, Education and Religion; Everyday Life at Kahun; The Foreign Population at Kahun; Last Years at Kahun; Analysis of Egyptian Pottery; The Chemical Analysis of the Kahun Metals; Kahun: The Textile Evidence; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary In Dr David's study, the builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people with ordinary preoccupations: who worried about their families, grumbled about working conditions - and even planned a strike to improve them
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Pyramid of Sesostris II (Lāhūn, Egypt)
Pyramid of Sesostris II (Lāhūn, Egypt)
Antiquities
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Kahun (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85071280
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041334
Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
Fayyūm (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Subject Egypt
Egypt -- Fayyūm
Egypt -- Kahun (Extinct city)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0415152925
9780415152921
020344261X
9780203442616
9786610335381
6610335389