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Article: Village life in ancient Egypt: laundry lists and love songs.(Review) (book review)
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- Antiquity
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- June 1, 2000
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A.G. McDOWELL. Village life in ancient Egypt: laundry lists and love songs. xvii+279 pages, 26 figures. 1999. Oxford: Oxford University Press; hardback 0-19-8149980 40 [pounds sterling].
The first part of The experience of ancient Egypt is a brief introduction to the history, to funerary customs and religion, to everyday life, and to the texts. The second and longer part traces the history of Egyptology from the Classical period to the ...