Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of rulers, great nobles, and priests. In this book the author examines the daily working lives of Egyptians lower down the social scale. The bureaucrats, scribes, craftsment in stone, wood and metal, and workers of the land. What sort of houses did they live in, and how were the houses furnished? How was justice administered, and how were public records kpet? How was business conducted in a thriving economy largely based on barter? B&W photes and drawings of hieroglyphics depicting the average person's life.

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