Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt - Hardcover

Helen Strudwick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907804714 ISBN 13: 9781907804717

Publisher: D Giles Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Death on the Nile deepens our understanding of the lives and concerns of ancient Egyptians as they prepared themselves for death and burial. Building on the growing trend in Egyptology to use scientific analysis and imaging to examine artefacts, this new volume focuses on one hundred objects from the Fitzwilliam Museum's renowned Egyptian collection.

In addition to shedding new light on the workshops of ancient Egypt, Death on the Nile traces the religious beliefs, economic concerns and political allegiance of the people for whom the coffins were created. Behind these remarkable objects is a human story of daily concerns, aspirations and practical realities.

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Strudwick is an Egyptologist at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Julie Dawson is Head of Conservation at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Wolfram Grajetzki has participated in excavations in Egypt and Pakistan and has taught Egyptology at Humboldt University, Berlin. He has written several volumes in the Duckworth Egyptology Series

John H. Taylor is assistant keeper, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London. His most recent publication is Ancient Lives New Discoveries: Eight Mummies, Eight Stories (2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: D Giles Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1907804714
• ISBN 13: 9781907804717
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Helen Strudwick