24 Hours in Ancient Egypt, Donald P. Ryan
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt, Donald P. Ryan
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

Author: Donald P. Ryan

Narrator: Jonathan Beville

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/01/2022


Synopsis

Spend twenty-four 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 twenty-four 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.

About Donald P. Ryan

Donald P. Ryan is an archaeologist and faculty fellow in the division of humanities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He is a specialist in Egyptian archaeology, Polynesian archaeology, and ancient languages and scripts. He is best known for his research in Egypt, including excavations in the Valley of the Kings, where he has discovered lost tombs and controversial mummies. The author of several books and numerous articles on archaeological subjects, he is a fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society and worked closely with world-renowned Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hank

Ancient Egypt: The Basics is exactly what it says it is--a general overall introduction to Egyptology for beginners. The reading level is lower than I anticipated, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. But the copious use of exclamation marks was mildly distracting!......more