Jacket Description/Back: During the dynastic period (3000 BC - 332 BC), as the Greek historian Herodotus was intrigued to observe, Egyptian women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, unrivalled, indeed, by women in Europe until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and even live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Furthermore, women fortunate enough to be members of the royal harem were vastly influential, as were those rare women who rose to rule Egypt as 'female kings'. Joyce Tyldesley draws upon archaeological, historical and ethnographical evidence to piece together a vivid picture of daily life in Egypt - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming, religion - all viewed from a female perspective. She has an engaging eye for incidental detail and draws fascinating parallels and contrasts between the ancient and our modern world.

Contributor Bio: Joyce A Tyldesley:
Tyldesley, holder of a doctorate from Oxford University, is Honorary Research Fellow at the school of Archeology, Classics, and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University, England.

Publisher Marketing: "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all history. Embodying a ritual to be performed for the dead, with detailed instruction for the behavior of the disembodied spirit in the Land of the Gods, it served as the most important repository of religious authority for some three thousand years. Chapters were carved on the pyramids of the ancient 5th Dynasty, texts were written in payrus, and selections were painted on mummy cases well into the Christian Era. In a certain sense it stood behind all Egyptian civilization.

Contributor Bio: E A Wallis Budge:
budge was a keeper of egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum

E A Wallis Budge:
budge was a keeper of egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum

Publisher Marketing: At last, an English dictionary of Egyptian hieroglyphics. This monumental work - long out of print, a very hard and rare book to find - was prepared by one of the foremost Egyptologists of the century. It contains nearly 28,000 words or terms that occur in hieroglyphics texts dating from the Third Dynasty through the Roman period, roughly from 3,000 B.C. to 600 A.D. It is the only complete English dictionary available anywhere. For students, teachers, collectors, libraries, museums or anyone seriously interested in deciphering ancient Egyptian writings, magical formulas or inscriptions for themselves, this is a must!

Contributor Bio: E A Wallis Budge:
budge was a keeper of egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum

Publisher Marketing: At last, an English dictionary of Egyptian hieroglyphics. This monumental work - long out of print, a very hard and rare book to find - was prepared by one of the foremost Egyptologists of the century. It contains nearly 28,000 words or terms that occur in hieroglyphics texts dating from the Third Dynasty through the Roman period, roughly from 3,000 B.C. to 600 A.D. It is the only complete English dictionary available anywhere. For students, teachers, collectors, libraries, museums or anyone seriously interested in deciphering ancient Egyptian writings, magical formulas or inscriptions for themselves, this is a must!

Contributor Bio: E A Wallis Budge:
budge was a keeper of egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum

Publisher Marketing: With this simplified guide you can learn to understand and transcribe Egyptian hieroglyphics yourself. The heart of the book is the clear description and presentation of 134 phonetic elements. On each half-page of the book there is a large sign with its phonetic value and a frame containing examples of words in which the sign figures. In each compartment appears its phonetic transcription, and in the central column, its translation.

Contributor Bio: E A Wallis Budge:
budge was a keeper of egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum