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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780199361397 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780199361380

Print version: Kritsky, Gene. Tears of Re : beekeeping in ancient Egypt. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015] ISBN 9780199361380

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

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