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Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor »

Authors: Wolfram Grajetzki
ISBN-13: 9780715632178, ISBN-10: 0715632175
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Duckworth, Gerald & Company, Limited
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Wolfram Grajetzki

WOLFRAM GRAJETZKI is the author of several books, including most recently Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt (2003, also published by Duckworth) and studies of Tarkhan and Harageh.

Book Synopsis

First book to present burial evidence in Ancient Egypt across classes and over time and to use as evidence for the life of poor as well as rich.

	Preface
1	Early Farmers and State Formation	1
2	Early Dynastic Egypt: The Tomb as a House for the Afterlife	7
3	The Old Kingdom: The Age of the Pyramids	15
4	The Late Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom: The Development of a Funerary Industry	27
5	The Late Middle Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period: New Magical Rites	54
6	The New Kingdom: Death in an Affluent Society	66
7	The Late New Kingdom: Reduction to Essentials	84
8	The Third Intermediate Period: The Peak of Coffin Production	94
9	The Late Period and Persian Domination	109
10	Ptolemaic Egypt: The Hellenistic World and Egyptian Beliefs	123
11	Egypt in the Roman Empire	127
	Notes	133
	Chronology	147
	Glossary	149
	Further Reading	151
	Figure Sources	155
	Index	161