Author: Rose-Marie Hagen Publisher: ISBN: 9783836520546 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
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Think you know Ancient Egypt? Think again. Like a piece of published excavation, this fresh volume explores the many layers of this mythologized civilization, digging down from the sacred and grandiose to the daily experiences and ordinary individuals of the age.
Author: Arlene Moscovitch Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778793069 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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One of the world's oldest civilizations, the Egyptian people live with daily reminders of the past. New photos and updated text in this revised edition examine the people's daily lives.
Author: Lionel Casson Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801866012 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 180
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Originally published in 1975 as The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, this revised edition includes a new chapter as well as full documentation of the sources.
Author: Donald P. Ryan Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books ISBN: 1782439552 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 208
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Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.
Author: John Romer Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1250030102 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 514
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The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
Author: N. Haeri Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230107370 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 193
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The cultures and politics of nations around the world may be understood (or misunderstood) in any number of ways. For the Arab world, language is the crucial link for a better understanding of both. Classical Arabic is the official language of all Arab states although it is not spoken as a mother tongue by any group of Arabs. As the language of the Qur'an, it is also considered to be sacred. For more than a century and a half, writers and institutions have been engaged in struggles to modernize Classical Arabic in order to render it into a language of contemporary life. What have been the achievements and failures of such attempts? Can Classical Arabic be sacred and contemporary at one and the same time? This book attempts to answer such questions through an interpretation of the role that language plays in shaping the relations between culture, politics, and religion in Egypt.
Author: Sporty King Publisher: ISBN: 9780965409841 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 196
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Discusses life in ancient Egypt, with an overview and timeline of the years between 3050 and 30 B.C., and looks at agriculture, belief systems, art, health, the role of women and children, rulers, war, and other aspects of life along the Nile.
Author: Mary Lefkowitz Publisher: ISBN: 0786723971 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 321
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Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilizaiton to the Africans? Mary Lefkowitz explains why politically motivated histories of the ancient world are being written and shows how Afrocentrist claims blatantly contradict the historical evidence. Not Out of Africa is an important book that protects and argues for the necessity of historical truths and standards in cultural education.For this new paperback edition, Mary Lefkowitz has written an epilogue in which she responds to her critics and offers topics for further discussion. She has also added supplementary notes, a bibliography with suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of names.
Author: Rose-Marie Hagen
Author: Arlene Moscovitch
Author: Lionel Casson
Author: Geraldine Harris
Author: Mary Ann Eaverly
Author: Donald P. Ryan
Author: John Romer
Author: N. Haeri
Author: Sporty King
Author: Mary Lefkowitz