24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

by Donald P. Ryan

Overview

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782439554
Publisher:	Michael O'Mara Books
Publication date:	10/18/2018
Series:	24 Hours in Ancient History , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	469,553
File size:	5 MB

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.

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 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

7th Hour of the Night (00.00-01.00)

The Midwife Delivers a Baby 15

8th Hour of the Night (01.00-02.00)

The Ruler Lies Awake 22

9th Hour of the Night (02.00-03.00)

The Embalmer Works Late 33

10th Hour of the Night (03.00-04.00)

The Old Soldier Dreams of Battle 44

11th Hour of the Night (04.00-05.00)

The Priest of Amun-Re is Awakened 54

12th Hour of the Night (05.00-06.00)

The Farmer Starts His Day 66

1st Hour of the Day (06.00-07.00)

The Housewife Makes Bread 77

2nd Hour of the Day (07.00-08.00)

The Overseer Visits the Quarry 86

3rd Hour of the Day (08.00-09.00)

The Fisherman Builds a Skiff 96

4th Hour of the Day (09.00-10.00)

The Potter Shapes Some Clay 107

5th Hour of the Day (10.00-11.00)

The Scribal Student Anticipates His Beating 115

6th Hour of the Day (11.00-12.00)

The Priestess of Hathor Gets Drunk 124

7th Hour of the Day (12.00-13.00)

The Vizier Hears Reports 136

8th Hour of the Day (13.00-14.00)

The Fan-Bearer Looks on 146

9th Hour of the Day (14.00-15.00)

The Great Royal Wife Makes Demands 157

10th Hour of the Day (15.00-16.00)

The Professional Mourner Wails Yet Again 167

11th Hour of the Day (16.00-17.00)

The Architect Inspects a Royal Tomb 178

12th Hour of the Day (17.00-18.00)

The Carpenter Finishes a Coffin 189

1st Hour of the Night (18.00-19.00)

The Brick-Maker Wallows 200

2nd Hour of the Night (19.00-20.00)

The Lady of the House Prepares for a Party 210

3rd Hour of the Night (20.00-21.00)

The Jeweller Works with Gold 220

4th Hour of the Night (21.00-22.00)

The Dancing Girl Entertains 230

5th Hour of the Night (22.00-23.00)

The Physician Sees a Patient 239

6th Hour of the Night (23.00-00.00)

The Novice Tomb Robber Shows Reluctance 249

Acknowledgements 259

Picture Credits 260

Bibliography 262

Index 265