Author : Julia Hsieh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9004472320
In Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead: The Realm of the Dead through the Voice of the Living Julia Hsieh investigates the beliefs and practices of communicating with the dead in ancient Egypt as evidenced through extant Letters and provides detailed textual analysis.
Author : Roger Bagnall
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 047203622X
The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0141395966
'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and statues, or inked onto papyri, hieroglyphs give us a unique insight into the life of the Egyptian mind. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son. Spanning over two millennia, this is the essential guide to a complex, sophisticated culture. Translated with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson
Author : Rune Nyord
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9004399844
Concepts in Middle Kingdom Funerary Culture presents a collection of archaeological and philological papers discussing how ancient Egyptians thought, and modern scholars may think, about Egyptian funerary practices of the early 2nd millennium BCE. Targeting the concepts used by modern scholars, the papers address both general methodological questions of how concepts should be developed and used and more specific ones about the history and presuppositions behind particular Egyptological concepts. In so doing, the volume brings to the fore occasionally problematic intellectual baggage that have hindered understanding, as well highlighting new promising avenues of research in ancient Egyptian funerary culture in the Middle Kingdom and more broadly. "New and insightful suggestions are made, many of which challenge the basic frames of reference of Western Egyptological study, from funerary practice to issues of identity. The methodological models should be of considerable interest to those studying aspects of the HB and ancient Levant related to funerary culture, where studies have often tended towards the etic." -David Beadle, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.5 (2020)
Author : R. B. Parkinson
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 18,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
The Rosetta Stone is one of the most popular artefacts in the British Museum. Containing a decree written in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphics, it proved to be the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. This concise study traces the history of `the most famous piece of rock in the world' to become a modern icon and tells the story of the race to use it to decipher Egypt's ancient script by Jean-François Champollion and Thomas Young. Also includes a translation of the text.
Author : Alan Henderson Gardiner
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Egyptian language
ISBN :
Contains the following texts: The Cairo text on linen, Journ. d'entrée 25975.--The Kâw bowl.--The Hû bowl.--The Berlin bowl, no. 22573.--The Cairo bowl, Cat. gén. 25375.--The Leyden papyrus 371.--Appendix: The Oxford bowl. The Moscow bowl, no. 3917 b. The Liverpool stela, M 13846.
Author : Samuel Mercer
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,48 MB
Release : 2020-08-16
Category :
ISBN :
The Pyramid Texts were funerary inscriptions that were written on the walls of the early Ancient Egyptian pyramids at Sakkara. These date back to the fifth and sixth dynasties, approximately the years 2350-2175 B.C.E. However, because of extensive internal evidence, it is believed that they were composed much earlier, circa 3000 B.C.E. The Pyramid Texts are, therefore, essentially the oldest sacred texts known. Samuel Mercer was the first to produce a complete English translation. This is Volume 1 of a 4 Volume set. This particular volume, apart from the Preface and Introduction, contains the actual verses of the Pyramid texts. Volumes 2-4 contained all the commentary by Mercer and others, and are very hard to come by, so I don't think they will be going up on the site anytime soon.
Author : Eva Von Dassow
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2008-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811864893
Reissue of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani, the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered, restored in its original sequences of text and artwork.
Author : Miriam Lichtheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 30,18 MB
Release : 2006-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520248449
"First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. It features a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning"--Publisher's description.
Author : John H. Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 18,53 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674057500
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
