1. Geography and geology: the land; 2. Brief outline of Egyptian history; 3. Study of the material world of ancient Egypt; 4. Dress and personal adornment; 5. Housing and furniture; 6. Food and drink; 7. Hygiene and medicine; 8. Containers of clay and stone; 9. Tools and weapons; 10. Basketry, rope, matting; 11. Faience and glass; 12. Transportation; 13. Sport and games.
Examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that reveal the day-to-day life of ancient Egyptians.
William H. Peck is retired Curator of Ancient Art at The Detroit Institute of Arts. He excavated for many years in Egypt, first as a field archaeologist at the site of ancient Mendes in the Nile Delta and later in the Precinct of the Goddess Mut at Karnak, where he was co-field director and architect with the Brooklyn Museum mission. He was a recipient of an American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship to study New Kingdom tomb painting, a Smithsonian Institution Travel Grant to Egypt, and an award in the arts for an outstanding alumnus from Wayne State University. His major publications include Drawings from Ancient Egypt, which was translated into French, German and Arabic; Splendors of Ancient Egypt, an exhibition catalogue; and Egypt in Toledo, on the Egyptian collections in Toledo, Ohio. He has lectured widely in the United States and Canada and has acted as consultant to several museums including the Virginia Museum, Richmond; the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; and the Art Museum, Toledo.
'Peck's work is a badly needed up-to-date reference of daily life
in ancient Egypt. The volume is sure to be welcomed by
Egyptologists, classicists, anthropologists, and students of
comparative cultures. The excellent selection of figures and
diagrams adds tremendously to the value of the text.' Emily Teeter,
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
'[A]n invaluable, and at the same time a most enjoyable, treatment
of the complex world of ancient Egyptian materiality. Here is
everything you would want to know about the realities of life for
the ancient Egyptians, and about the energy and creativity they
deployed in order to provide basic necessities, seek well-being,
and produce an elite culture of pyramids, temples and tombs, and
the extraordinary range of art and artifacts associated with them.'
David O'Connor, New York University
'William Peck has written a scholarly yet highly readable and
broadly accessible account of the daily life of the ancient
Egyptians, based primarily on the many objects found in excavations
and shown in the wall paintings and reliefs of their tombs. I am
sure it will not only appeal to the general reader, but will also
serve as an attractive textbook for students.' Jacobus van Dijk,
University of Groningen
'Material remains give us an unparalleled window into the reality
of everyday life in ancient Egypt, and William Peck's book opens
that window for modern readers.' James P. Allen, Brown
University
'[T]he book … should be welcomed as a contribution toward securing
Egyptology within its broader archaeological context.' The Ancient
History Bulletin
'… [a] very comprehensive … work dealing with mundane aspect[s] of
day-to-day life in ancient Egypt; it should prove very useful to
Egyptologists and Egyptophiles alike.' Kmt: A Modern Journal of
Ancient Egypt
'Engaging and easily accessible, this book will appeal to anyone
wanting to learn more about the reality of daily life in Ancient
Egypt.' Ancient Egypt Magazine
'Peck brings to relief the physical substance of daily life in
Egypt, and he does so with the immediacy and realism of an eye
witness. The book persuasively impresses upon its readers a gradual
recognition of the Egyptians' humanity; a sense of the familiar
which becomes almost self-evident in hindsight.' Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
'… Peck bring[s] to the reader an object-centred perspective on
ancient Egyptian culture that has rarely been covered in popular
literature before … [this book is] accessible and simultaneously
scientifically accurate.' Barbora Janulíková, Archaeological Review
from Cambridge
'… a most useful summary of the topic of daily life and its
artistic and archaeological manifestations that will be of
considerable value to students and Egyptophiles … [it] also
provides a useful starting point for those outside the subject
requiring an up-to-date and reliable source, and the book is to be
recommended to this full range of potential readers.' Aidan Dodson,
Egyptian Archaeology
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