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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gene KritskyPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780199361380ISBN 10: 019936138 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 26 November 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. 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 BeekeepingReviewsKritsky marshals [the material for this book] with a simple, supple prose ... Readable in a few hours, the book is the sort of unexpected delight one hopes to find in an old hotel, and it deserves to do well. Lets hope the, er, buzz spreads (sorry). Richard Benson, The Independent Author InformationGene 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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