Cultural History of Insects in Antiquity

Series Preface
List of Illustrations

Introduction, Gene Kritsky
1. Insect Knowledge, Ian Beavis
2. Insects and Disease: Three Insects that Affected the People of Ancient Egypt, Joyce M. Filer
3. Insects and Food: Evidence from the Archaeological Record, Eva Panagiotakopulu
4. Insect Products, Gene Kritsky
5. Insects in Mythology and Religion, Ron Cherry
6. Insects as Symbols, James N. Hogue
7. Insects in Literature and Language, Rory Egan
8. Insects in Art, Gene Kritsky
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Contributors List
Index

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• Antropologia social e cultural
• Pensamento e ideologia ambientalista
• Insectos (entomologia)
• Animais e sociedade
• História da engenharia e da tecnologia
• História da medicina
• História social e cultural

Entomology; agricultural study; disease; forensics; ants; bees; cockroaches; flies; pandemic; societal anxiety; religion; food; art; middle ages