Abu Simbel, 29 Abusir, 23 Abydos, 19 , 164 Afghanistan, 16 , 67

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Abu Simbel, 29 belief in an afterlife, 5 Abusir, 23 Belon, Pierre, 35 Abydos, 19 , 164 Belzoni, Giovanni, 37 , 206 Afghanistan, 16 , 67 Beni Hassan, 24 , 37 , 136 agricultural cycle, 14 Bent Pyramid, 21 agriculture, 17 Bes, 58 Ahmose, 26 board games, 176 Akhenaten, 28 , 65 , 79 , 114 , 115 , 129 bread, 102 Akhetaten, 27 , 28 , 29 brick, 144 Aldred, Cyril, 67 , 72 Bruyère, Bernard, 55 Alexander, 31 Buto, 20 Alexandria, 31 Amarna Tablets, 28 carpenter, 137 Amenemhet I, 24 categories of information, 3 Amenemope, 48 chairs, 85 Amun, 27 , 28, 120 , 197 Champollion, J. F., 39 Amunhotep I, 26 Cheops. See Khufu Amunhotep II, 27 , 171 Chephren. See Khafre Amunhotep III, 27 , 28 , 129 circlet, 70 Amunhotep IV, 27 , 28 circumcision, 113 annual fl ooding, 6 , 14 city planning, 79 archaeobotany, 95 Cleopatra, 31 Artimidoris, 33 clothing, 48 Assyrians, 31 Colossi of Memnon, 28 Aswan, 12 , 15 , 24 , 30 , 91 computerized axial tomography, 45 Aton, 28 , 181 contracts, 5 cosmetics, 59 , 72 back rest, 88 barley, 93 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt , 43 basketry, 146 dance, 188 beds, 87 Dashur, 21 beer, 100 Deir el Bahri, 27 , 65 , 165

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Deir el Medina, 54 , 79 , 81 Hatshepsut, 27 , 151 , 165 delle Valle, Pietro, 35 head coverings, 62 dental hygiene, 112 headrest, 81 , 88 deshret, 9 Hekanakht, 51 detailed views of activities, 4 Heliopolis, 21 diet, 95 Hemiunu, 22 , 65 Diodorus Siculus, 9 heqa khasut. See Hyksos Djer, 68 Herakleopolis, 23 Djoser, 20 , 21 , 84 , 143 , 152 , 171 Herodotus, 1 , 9 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 66 , 111 , d ocumentary evidence, 4 113 , 164 domestication of animals, 17 Hesire, 65 , 84 , 85 drink, 93 Hetepheres, 69 , 85 dynasties, 43 Hierakonpolis, 20 Horemheb, 29 Early Dynastic Period, 19 Horus, 20 , 22 , 69 , 71 , 120 Ebers Papyrus, 60 , 118 hygiene, 110 Edwin Smith Papyrus, 61 , 118 Hyksos, 26 Egyptian faience, 154 El Kab, 37 Imhotep, 21 Erman, Adolf, 34 , 43 Intermediate Period, 23

Fabri, Felix, 35 jewelry, 67 , 140 facial hair, 58 jewelry maker, 140 false beard, 58 , 63 Fayum, 9 , 79 , 172 Kahun Papyrus, 118 fi nger ring, 71 Kamose, 26 First Cataract, 12 Karnak, 27 , 28 , 113 , 143 , 189 fi shing, 107 Kashta, 30 Flinders Petrie, William Matthew, 44 Kawit, 65 fl otation, 95 kemit, 9 fruit, 104 Khafre, 22 , 84 furniture, 81 Khasekhemwy, 20 Khufu, 22 , 69 , 85 , 151 , 164 , 168 Gardner, Sir Alan, 81 kingship, 18 , 20 , 21 , 58 , 62 Gell, William, 41 Giza, 22 , 44 , 79 , 85, 103 , 151 , 164 Lahun, 79 glass, 137 , 159 Late Paleolithic, 17 Global Positioning System (GPS), 45 Lebanon, 16 , 20 grain crops, 96 leisure activities, 171 Great Pyramid, 22 , 44 , 65 , 69 , 85 , 164 Lepsius, Karl Richard, 41 , 88 Greaves, John, 35 Libya, 29 Greeks, 31 Lichtheim, Miriam, 61 , 188 , 190 life expectancy, 120 hair care, 111 Life in Ancient Egypt , 43 Hathor, 59 , 158 , 184 lighting, 91

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Lower Egypt, 9 , 18 , 21 Nubia, 24 , 26 , 28 , 29 , 41 , 190 Luxor Temple, 28 Nubian, 65

makeup, 60 Old Kingdom, 19 Manetho, 19 , 25 ostraca, 54 , 124 marl clay, 124 ostracon, 54 mastaba tomb, 20 Ottoman Turks, 35 matting, 152 measuring, 141 Paheri, 48 meat, 105 Palestine, 26 , 29 , 44 medical papyri, 116 Papyrus Lansing, 61 medicine, 114 parasites, 111 Medinet Habu, 173 pectoral, 71 Meidum, 21 Persian Empire, 31 Meketre, 24 , 51 , 77 , 102 , 108 , 139 , 165 Persians, 31 Memphis, 10 , 14 , 19 , 21 , 23, 24 , 30 , Petosiris, 31 172 Pharaonic Egypt, 7 Mendes, 69 Piankhy, 30 Menkaure, 22 , 58 pleating, 58 , 61 Mesopotamia, 11 , 18 , 29 , 128 , 168 , Pococke, Richard, 35 185 pottery, 122 , 123 Middle Egypt, 23 , 24 , 37 Predynastic Period, 5 , 17 Middle Kingdom, 79 preserved objects, 4 misconceptions, 2 Ptolemy Lagus, 31 models, 50 , 76 , 77 Punt, 25 , 27 , 151 Mohammad Ali, 37 Pyramid Texts, 120 moustache, 58 mud brick, 15 , 21 , 74 Rahotep, 58 , 65 music, 180 Ramesses II, 29 , 60 , 121 , 198 Mycerinus. See Menkaure Ramesses III, 29 Ramose, 65 Napata, 30 Ranofer, 65 Napoleon Bonaparte, 36 Re, 21 , 23 Narmer, 55 , 66 Red Pyramid, 22 Narmer Palette, 18 , 55 Red Sea, 25 , 68 , 151 natron, 111 Reisner, George Andrew, 85 Nebhetepre Mentuhotpe, 24 , 27 Rekhmire, 74 Neb-Re, 21 Rhind, Alexander, 44 Nefermaat, 22 Romans, 31 Nefertiti, 29 , 65 , 181 rope, 149 nemes, 21 , 62 Rosellini, Ippolito, 39 , 40 Nile, 46 , 69 Nile silt, 124 Sais, 31 Nofret, 63 Sakieh, 31 Norden, Frederick, 35 Salt, Henry, 37

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Sandys, George, 35 Thebes, 24 , 26 , 27 , 28, 29 , 36 , 41 , 42 , Saqqara, 10 , 20 , 21 , 112 , 113 44 , 74 , 76 , 79 sculptor, 142 thermoluminescent dating, 45 Sekhmet, 120 Thutmose I, 26 Selqet, 120 Thutmose II, 27 Senefru, 21 Thutmose III, 27 Senusret III, 24 Thutmose IV, 27 Seqenenre Tao, 26 Thutmosis, 198 serekh, 69 Tiy, 27 Seth, 20 tomb models, 24 shabti, 157 tools, 134 , 137 Sinai, 13 , 16 , 67 toys, 175 Sinai Peninsula, 13 , 16 transportation, 162 soap, 111 Tura, 22 soul houses, 76 Turin Erotic Papyrus, 60 specialization of labor, 6 Tutankhamun, 29 , 54 , 71 , 86 , 88 , 89 , specialized craftsmen, 18 103 , 132 , 148 , 169 , 177 , 185 , 194 , spinning and weaving, 50 197 sport, 171 Step Pyramid, 20 , 21 , 143 , 152 , 171 Upper Egypt, 10 , 15 , 18 , 20 , 24 stone mason, 142 stone vessels, 130 vegetables, 104 stools, 86 storage of clothing, 90 water, 110 Syria, 49 weapons, 192 Wente, 51 , 60 , 66 tables, 89 wesekh, 69 Taharka, 172 Western Asia, 25 , 28 Tanis, 30 wheeled transport, 168 tattooing, 58 wigs, 62 Tell el-Daba, 25 Wilkinson, Sir Alan Gardner, 41 Tell Timai, 76 wine, 103 The Description of Egypt , 36 written language, 18 The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , 42 Zoser. See Djoser