Affairs and Scandals in Ancient Egypt

by Pascal Vernus

"The Egyptians were people of flesh and blood, capable of both greatness and weakness, masters of ambitious projects but also slaves to banal preoccupations. They imposed their vision of the world on their environment, but they were weighed down by the burden of the human condition. In short, they were like any of us. And like ours, their society had its affairs, its scandals, its uncertainties, and its rifts."--from the Preface Drawing on ancient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801440785
• ISBN13: 9780801440786
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"