How Long to Read The Birds of Ancient Egypt

How Long Does it Take to Read The Birds of Ancient Egypt?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read The Birds of Ancient Egypt by Patrick F. Houlihan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Hailed 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. Animals 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.

How long is The Birds of Ancient Egypt?

The Birds of Ancient Egypt by Patrick F. Houlihan is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Birds of Ancient Egypt Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read The Birds of Ancient Egypt aloud.

What Reading Level is The Birds of Ancient Egypt?

The Birds of Ancient Egypt is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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