Author: Jean-Baptiste Prosper JolloisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Recherches Sur Les Bas-reliefs Astronomiques Des Égyptiens, Et Parallèle de Ces Bas-reliefs Avec Les Différens Monumens Astronomiques de L'antiquité
Author: Jean-Baptiste Prosper JolloisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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The Zodiac of Paris
Author: Jed Z. BuchwaldPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400834562
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The clash of faith and science in Napoleonic France The Dendera zodiac—an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets—was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theologians. Brought to Paris in 1821 and ultimately installed in the Louvre, where it can still be seen today, the zodiac appeared to depict the nighttime sky from a time predating the Biblical creation, and therefore cast doubt on religious truth. The Zodiac of Paris tells the story of this incredible archeological find and its unlikely role in the fierce disputes over science and faith in Napoleonic and Restoration France. The book unfolds against the turbulence of the French Revolution, Napoleon's breathtaking rise and fall, and the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne. Drawing on newspapers, journals, diaries, pamphlets, and other documentary evidence, Jed Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz show how scientists and intellectuals seized upon the zodiac to discredit Christianity, and how this drew furious responses from conservatives and sparked debates about the merits of scientific calculation as a source of knowledge about the past. The ideological battles would rage until the thoroughly antireligious Jean-François Champollion unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs—and of the zodiac itself. Champollion would prove the religious reactionaries right, but for all the wrong reasons. The Zodiac of Paris brings Napoleonic and Restoration France vividly to life, revealing the lengths to which scientists, intellectuals, theologians, and conservatives went to use the ancient past for modern purposes.
“The” Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year 1885 [i.e. 1887] Inclusive
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Author: Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy (son of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt)Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year 1885 Inclusive
Author: Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy (son of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt)Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey
Author: Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A Bibliographical Account and Collation of La Description de L'Egypte: Presented to the Library by Sir Thomas Baring
Author: Richard ThomsonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385604702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
History of the Ancient Peoples of the Classic East: The dawn of civilization, Egypt and Chaldea.- [v. 2] The struggle of the nations, Egypt, Syria and Assyria.- [v. 3] The passing of the empires, 850-330 B. C
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Author: Gaston MasperoPublisher:
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Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
The Dawn of Civilization
Author: MasperoThe Dawn of Civilization
Author: Gaston MasperoPublisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
ISBN:
Category : Assyria
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Parlement du Canada
Author: Canada. Parlement. BibliothèquePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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