{"product_id":"the-birds-of-ancient-egypt-patrick-f-houlihan-9798888570289","title":"The Birds of Ancient Egypt","description":"\u003cb\u003eA facsimile reissue of Patrick Houlihan's 1986 survey of all bird life depicted by the ancient Egyptians, hailed as sumptuously produced and a finely illustrated outstanding work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan's 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnimals of all kinds are amply illustrated in Egyptian art, none more so than birds, in both secular and religious contexts and in hieroglyphic scripts. A great variety of bird species has for millennia made twice yearly migrations passing over Egypt, which is also an important overwintering area for many. These migrant birds, together with indigenous species were an abundant and easily exploited source of food for ancient Egyptians, for domestication and status display. Tomb scenes displaying birds provided as food for the deceased are abundant, as are procession scenes of offering with bearers bringing gifts of fowl. Many birds also had religious associations. Houlihan provides a systematic and unparalleled survey of all the bird life depicted by the ancient Egyptians in art and hieroglyphic writing, some 72 species (plus bats), with a list of known mummified species, and discussions on their religious and secular associations and many illustrations. Their present-day distributions are compared with that known from the time of the Pharoahs. A checklist of the birds of modern Egypt is provided by Steven Goodman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick F. Houlihan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8888570284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888570289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxbow Books Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.60h x 8.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Patrick F. Houlihan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44121804669183,"sku":"9798888570289","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfcf85be-ef8f-4ffb-bdf5-06528995a725.jpg?v=1687421565","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-birds-of-ancient-egypt-patrick-f-houlihan-9798888570289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}