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Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt

ISBN: 978-0-631-21298-0

August 1999

Wiley-Blackwell

272 pages

Description
Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt.
About the Author
Lynn Meskell is Assistant Professor in the department of Anthropology at Columbia University. She was previously a research fellow at New College, Oxford. Her publications include Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (1998) and a forthcoming volume with Dominic Montserrat, Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt.
Features

  • Connects the lives and issues of ancient Egypt to contemporary life.

  • Examines ordinary life whereas most studies focus on the pharaohs.

  • Covers exciting new debates on the body, sexuality and identity.

  • Includes new research data on Egypt.