Author: Paul Leonard Jones
Subject: Ancient Egypt; Animal Hus-
bandry; Farming; Daily Life; Funerary
Art; Economic History; Old Kingdom;
Middle Kingdom.
ISBN: 978 1 912246 09 0
Publication Date: March 2021
Copyright Year: 2021
Format: Hardback
Pages: xvii + 293 pp.; with 156 figs.
Imprint: Abercromby Press
Price: £55.00 (exclusive of postage)
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This publication explores the animal husbandry practices and their relevance in the daily life
of the Egyptians of the Old and Middle Kingdoms and their modern day parallels, of which
there are many. Such a study is paramount in understanding how the ancient Egyptians min-
istered to their herds and developed their unique understanding of farmed animal behaviour.
By an examination of scenes of daily life taken from chapel and tomb wall art as they relate
to animal husbandry practices from the Old and Middle Kingdoms, Dr Jones compares and
contrasts these illustrated practices with “modern” day examples, where applicable. In many
cases, his research has indicated that nothing has changed over the period of 5,000 years in
many parts of the world, thus emphasising that the ancient Egyptians were highly advanced
and skilled in their understanding of those animals that were the focus of their husbandry
practices. These practices are the basis of many activities that are still in vogue in parts of the
developed and undeveloped worlds.
Paul Leonard Jones initially graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of
Newcastle, Australia, going on to work in the metals and chemicals industries. Later in his
career he completed a Master of Arts (Egyptology) and Doctor of Philosophy (Egyptology)
at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has experience of farm animals—having lived
on a dairy farm in his formative years—and also with the various aspects of sheep farming
and the raising of beef cattle in an Australian context.
