GETTING OLD IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Covering aspects such as the aged in art, mummies and medicine, the real and the ideal lifetime, care of the elderly, and old-age pensions, this is a study of the old in pharaonic egypt. the book is a sequel to the authors´ growing up in ancient egypt, like which it is based on a wide spectrum of original texts and illustrated with many little-known representations. some attention is given to long-lived kings and aged administrators, and an introduction deals with the discipline of gerontology, while a postcript presents a short biography of the centenarian egyptologist, margaret murray.