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    The Australian Centre for Egyptology: Studies 10

    A Division of the Macquarie University Ancient Cultures Research Centre

    Behind the Scenes


    Daily Life in Old Kingdom Egypt

    Edited by

    Ann McFarlane and Anna-Latifa Mourad


    Photographs by

    Effy Alexakis

    CONTENTS

    LIST OF PLATES

    VI

    INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    MAP OF EGYPT

    CHAPTER 1:

    THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT


    John Burn

    CHAPTER 2:

    THE FAMILY
    Kim McCorquodale

    17

    CHAPTER 3:

    FOOD AND DRINK


    Joyce Swinton

    31

    CHAPTER 4:

    MUSIC AND DANCE


    Lesley J. Kinney

    53

    CHAPTER 5:

    AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
    Rodna Siebels

    73

    CHAPTER 6:

    ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
    Paul Jones

    97

    CHAPTER 7:

    MARSH ACTIVITIES
    Samantha Dunnicliff

    109

    CHAPTER 8:

    THE DESERT AND THE HUNT


    Natasha Marshall

    125

    CHAPTER 9:

    TRANSPORTATION
    Ann McFarlane

    147

    CHAPTER 10: WORKSHOPS


    Joyce Swinton

    167

    FURTHER READING

    185

    PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

    186

    PLATES

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