Gene Kritsky

The Tears of Re

Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt

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Produktbeschreibung

Entomologist Gene Kritsky presents the first full-length discussion of the ways in which bees were a part of life in ancient Egypt. From the presence of bees in paintings and hieroglyphs in tombs to the use of beeswax in a variety of products, bees had a significant presence in ancient Egyptian culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780199361380
• ISBN-10: 019936138X
• Artikelnr.: 42797083

Autorenporträt

Gene Kritsky holds a PhD in Entomology and specialized in the history of biology. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Egypt in 1981-2, where he began his research in Egyptology. He has published several papers on Egyptian beekeeping, mythology, Egyptological history, and archaeology. Kritsky is now the Chair of Biology at Mount St. Joseph University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Beekeeping Begins
2. The Delight of Re: Beekeeping During the Old Kingdom
3. Instability and Reunification: Beekeeping During the Middle Kingdom
4. The Age of Empire: Beekeeping During the New Kingdom
5. The Saite Period
6. The Greco-Roman Period
7. The Honey Bee Hieroglyph
8. The Administration and Economics of Egyptian Beekeeping
9. Bees and Food
10. Honey and Healing
11. Bees, Gods, and Feasts
12. The Magic of Beeswax
13. The Afterlife of Ancient Egyptian Beekeeping