{"product_id":"the-ancient-egyptian-world-9780195173918","title":"The Ancient Egyptian World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric H. Cline | Jill Rubalcaba\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - Ancient\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking readers back 4,000 years, to the fertile land around the Nile River, \u003cem\u003e The Ancient Egyptian World\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories of the kings, queens, pharaohs, gods, tomb builders, and ordinary citizens who lived there. Using papyri, scarabs, tomb inscriptions, mummies, and a rich variety of other primary sources, Eric H. Cline and Jill Rubalcaba uncover the fascinating history of ancient Egypt. Scarabs, which scholars call \"imperial news bulletins,\" record important moments in a pharaoh's reign. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Edwin Smith Papyrus details the injuries sustained by the builders of the great pyramids, and the remedies used to treat them. For a worker who has had a stone fall on his head, it suggests: \"bind it with fresh meat . . . and treat afterward with grease, honey and lint.\" A complex recipe for a top-of-the-line mummy describes a process that could take 70 days and involved drawing the brain out through the nose with a crooked piece of iron. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese primary sources also tell the stories of the people of ancient Egypt: Pepi II, the six-year-old boy king who commanded armies; Ramesses II, whose mortuary temple boasts of his expertise in battle against the Hittites; Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh; and Cleopatra, who courted Roman statesman Mark Antony as part of her quest to extend the Egyptian empire. \u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Egyptian World\u003c\/em\u003e honors the history of a civilization whose monuments and tombs still capture the imagination of the world thousands of years later.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613554098327,"sku":"9780195173918","price":5199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195173918.webp?v=1775086105","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-ancient-egyptian-world-9780195173918","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}