Old Age in Ancient Egypt

Psychological aspects of old age in Ancient Egypt

Primary sources in contemporary society are oral, visual and written self-descriptions.

For Ancient Egypt there are limited visual and written references to the self in age, from the preserved writings.

Literary self-reflections on age belong by the type of composition not to the individual but to the social/cultural area.

Future research might examine personal documents and other materials attesting to persons known to be of a certain age.