The tears of Re : beekeeping in ancient Egypt [E-Book] / Gene Kritsky.
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Personal Name(s): | Kritsky, Gene, author |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (159 pages) |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9780199361380 9780199361397 |
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- Beekeeping begins
- The delight of Re: beekeeping during the Old Kingdom
- Instability and reunification: beekeeping during the Middle Kingdom
- The age of empire: beekeeping during the New Kingdom
- The Saite period
- The Greco-Roman period
- The honey bee hieroglyph
- The administration and economics of Egyptian beekeeping
- Bees and food
- Honey and healing
- Bees, gods, and feasts
- The magic of beeswax
- The afterlife of ancient Egyptian beekeeping.