{"product_id":"24-hours-in-ancient-egypt","title":"24 Hours In Ancient Egypt","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Current World Archaeology \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;_____________________\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an archaeologist, historian and popular writer - has succeeded in bringing all of his characters to life. This is a great little volume.' - \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;KMT Magazine\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;_____________________\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Very readable [...] its originality lies in the clever construction of the content. The variety of characters covered allows for a considerable breadth of information on life for the rich and poor.' - \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Ancient Egypt Magazin\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;e\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;_____________________\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;During the course of a day in the ancient city of \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Thebes\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;24 Egyptians\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; from all strata of society – from the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;king\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; to the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;bread-maker\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;priestess\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; to the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;fisherman\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;soldier\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; to the \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;midwife\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; – and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;an hour in their company\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315160424830,"sku":"NW9781789293517","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781789293517.jpg?v=1778648733","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/24-hours-in-ancient-egypt","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}