The splendor that was Egypt /
Murray, Margaret Alice.
The splendor that was Egypt / Margaret A. Murray. - Rev. ed. - Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2004. - xxii, 256 p., [97] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York : Hawthorn Books, 1963.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.
I. Prehistory
The five periods: Tasian, Badarian, Amratean,
Gerzean, Semainian
II. History
Proto-Dynastic: Old Kingdom: First Inter
mediate Period: Middle Kingdom: Second
Intermediate Period: New Kingdom: Late
Period: Persian Period: Ptolemaic Period
III. Social Conditions
Organisation: Law: Agriculture: Trade, Position
of Women: Ptolemaic Period: Education:
Houses and Towns: Furniture: Gardens and
Flowers: Servants: Horses and Chariots: Food:
Lighting: Dress: Pastimes
IV. Religion
Local Gods: Osiris and the Pharaoh: The
Pharaoh: Primitive Goddesses: The Sun-God:
Ritual: Burial Customs: ReUgious Endowments:
Ethics: Magic: Curses
V. Art and Science
Music: Architecture: Pyramids: Sculpture and
Painting: Statues: Portrait Coffins: Rehef Sculp
ture: Painting: Handicrafts: Science
VI. Language and Literature
The Writing. Literature: Religious; Dramatic;
Tnumph-Songs; Love Songs; Stories
0486431002 (pbk.)
Egypt--Civilization
Egypt--Antiquities.
932 / MUR/S
The splendor that was Egypt / Margaret A. Murray. - Rev. ed. - Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2004. - xxii, 256 p., [97] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York : Hawthorn Books, 1963.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.
I. Prehistory
The five periods: Tasian, Badarian, Amratean,
Gerzean, Semainian
II. History
Proto-Dynastic: Old Kingdom: First Inter
mediate Period: Middle Kingdom: Second
Intermediate Period: New Kingdom: Late
Period: Persian Period: Ptolemaic Period
III. Social Conditions
Organisation: Law: Agriculture: Trade, Position
of Women: Ptolemaic Period: Education:
Houses and Towns: Furniture: Gardens and
Flowers: Servants: Horses and Chariots: Food:
Lighting: Dress: Pastimes
IV. Religion
Local Gods: Osiris and the Pharaoh: The
Pharaoh: Primitive Goddesses: The Sun-God:
Ritual: Burial Customs: ReUgious Endowments:
Ethics: Magic: Curses
V. Art and Science
Music: Architecture: Pyramids: Sculpture and
Painting: Statues: Portrait Coffins: Rehef Sculp
ture: Painting: Handicrafts: Science
VI. Language and Literature
The Writing. Literature: Religious; Dramatic;
Tnumph-Songs; Love Songs; Stories
0486431002 (pbk.)
Egypt--Civilization
Egypt--Antiquities.
932 / MUR/S