Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration

by Niv Allon and Hana Navratilova

Book Overview

The modern view of the ancient Egyptian world is often through the lens of a scribe: the trained, schooled, literate individual who was present at many levels of Egyptian society, from a local accountant to the highest echelons of society. And yet, despite the wealth of information the scribes left us, we know relatively little about what underpinned their world, about their mentality and about their everyday life.

Tracing ten key biographies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472583965
• ISBN13: 9781472583963
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"