Used Book - LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE PHARAOHS, FLORENCE MARUEJOL

Pyramids, temples, and tombs today remind visitors of the greatness of Egyptian civilization. But what about the people who, over the three thousand years of its history, produced these architectural wonders? For, in palaces as in the humblest hovels, hearts beat. The hearts of Egyptians. In ancient Egypt, love is everywhere. It leaves no one indifferent: neither gods, nor kings, nor men. Even the dead demand love! To love and be loved, such is the most shared dream in Egyptian society, as evidenced by texts, images, and archaeological remains. Written by a recognized specialist of the period, this book invites you to meet and share the intimacy of Egyptians by discovering how they loved. Blending the scholarly and the anecdotal, written in a simple and lively style, it addresses the (unbridled) loves of the Egyptian gods, those of the Pharaoh, his wives and concubines, but also erotic literature, wigs, clothes, perfumes, jewelry and all the artifices used by men and women to seduce, as well as sexuality, the vision of couples, family and friendship, and even the loves of the deceased, to whom Egyptians devote a true cult.