罗丝-玛丽-哈根,生于瑞士,在洛桑学习现代文学和历史。在巴黎和佛罗伦萨学习了一段时间后,她在华盛顿特区的美国大学教授法语。 雷纳-哈根,生于汉堡,在慕尼黑学习文学和戏剧。博士论文毕业后,从1956年到1989年从事广播电视工作,ZUI后在德国一家服务机构担任编辑。两位作者已由Éditions TASCHEN出版了几本书,包括Les dessous des chefs-d'oeuvre和两本关于Pieter Bruegel和Francisco de Goya的专著。
Egypt. People, Gods, Pharaohs
How much do we really know about Ancient Egypt? The pharaohs and pyramids are familiar history fodder, but what about the farmers, the soldiers, the laborers, and the families that made up the vast majority of this much mythologized civilization?
With a thrilling spread of visual references, this TASCHEN adventure attempts to set the record straight by offering a distinctive everyday take on Ancient Egypt. Like a piece of published excavation, the book explores the many layers of this ancient society, digging down from the sacred or grandiose to the daily experiences and ordinary individuals.
The democratic approach bestows this distant era with exciting vitality and relevance for all the family. As we explore everything from family arrangements to leisure activities to labor movements, we not only uncover the different experiences of this ancient land but also parallels and precedents to our own societies. The result is a particularly vivid encounter with an ancient age and with some of our most ingenious and influential forebears.
The author
Rose-Marie Hagen, born in Switzerland, studied modern literature and history in Lausanne. After spending several periods of study in Paris and Florence, she taught French at the American University in Washington, D.C. Rainer Hagen, born in Hamburg, studied literature and dramaturgy in Munich. After his doctoral dissertation, he worked from 1956 to 1989 on radio and television, where he was at the end editor of a German service. The two authors have produced several books published by Éditions TASCHEN, including Les dessous des chefs-d'oeuvre and two monographs on Pieter Bruegel and Francisco de Goya.